2 Large Rhizomes! HAWAIIAN * TROPICAL Yellow * Butterfly GINGER ROOT/BULB Hawaii

Description: 2 Large rhizomes! HAWAIIAN TROPICAL Yellow GINGER PLANT ROOT From Hawaii! Hawaiian Yellow Ginger Plant Root (Hedychium Flavum) 2 - Ready to plant rhizomes Grown in Hawaii! Hedychium are loved by temperate gardeners who want tocreate a tropical look. They are often combined with other hardy tropicals including canna, musa, colocasia, and other Zingiberaceae. Other plants thatcompliment the exotic lookof hardy gingers include acalypha, crocosmia, dahlia, amorphophallus, brugmansia, hemerocallis and curcuma. Water: In their native habitats, hedychium emerge during the monsoon season and are triggered to become dormant by dry weather. This roughly corresponds to the winter/summer cycle in temperate gardens. Gardeners need to keep this in mind when cultivating these plants. Ginger expert, Tony Schilling, says "treat them to monsoon conditions -warm, wet and well fedin the summer, and cool and dry in the winter." If you let your ginger lily get too dry, they will stop flowering. Moist, but not water-logged soils in the summer months produce the best flowering. While dormant, they prefer drier conditions to avoid winter root rot. Soil: Awell-drained, yet moisture retentive soil works best. Hardy ginger plants crave rich soils with plenty oforganic matterand anear neutral to slightly acid pH. Fertilizer: Hedychium grow fairly quickly once they awaken and thus requireplenty of nutrition. We plant in a soil that is well-amended with compost and organic source nutrients as recommended by a soil test. You can always supplement with organic fertilizers as needed. Sun: As a rule hedychium preferfull to part sun. Hedychium greenii and Hedychium coronarium can even grow with only a couple of hours of sun per day. As you head further into the deep South, light shade may be preferred especially when irrigation is limited. Just keep in mind thatless light equals to less flowers. Containers: Hedychiums make great potted plants...provided you havevery large pots. Hedychiums grow so fast that they will quickly fill even the largest pot with thick rhizomes which can eventually split all but the most sturdy pots. Because of their size and the difficulty of maintaining hedychiums in small pots, hardy ginger plantsare rarely offered in retail nurseries and garden centers.Potted specimens will require lots of water(daily or even more frequently). Place the pots near a seating area to enjoy the bright colors and sumptuous scents. Winter Care: Once frost has killed the foliage of your garden specimens, allow the foliage to collapse, where it provides winter protection for the rhizomes. Neat freaks can remove the foliage, but if you do so, add a thick layer of mulch to protect the rhizome. In climates where hedychiums aren't winter hardy, the rhizomes can be lifted after the first frost and stored inside in a box of sawdust or peat moss to prevent desiccation. Is thehardy ginger plantedible?: Like its cousin, the culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale), ginger lilies have edible roots...but, they do not have much flavor and just because they are edible does not mean you'll like to cook with them. Howeverginger lily flowers produce essential oils that are very tasty. Both the flower buds and open flowers can be used in cooking, much like its other cousin, the mioga ginger, Zingiber myoga. GROWING INSTRUCTIONS: Bury root deep enough to cover in a potting soil mix from the garden shop. Keep moist. After the root has sprouted, continue to keep moist and in partial shade. An east window will do just fine. If you put me outdoors in the summer, make sure it's somewhere that's shaded from the direct sun. Keep the temperature 65F to 85F, and fertilize with a timed-released fertilizer of garden fertilizer according to the instructions. When the leaves turn yellow, don't panic, this is normal. Just cut the stems and new shoots will take its place. I go dormant in the winter and will come back in the spring. FREE SHIPPING to USA: (Due to having every plant inspected, We ship out ONE DAY A WEEK!) 2-3 day delivery with USPS Priority mail shipping with tracking & insurance. (Plant will ship with NO SOIL, bare roots only with moss or other medium to keep roots moist during transit.) These will be approved for export from Hawaii to the U.S. Mainland by Hawaii Department of Agriculture the day they are shipped. All orders are prepared fresh and carefully packaged for export.

Price: 38.66 USD

Location: Mountain View, Hawaii

End Time: 2024-09-14T00:44:06.000Z

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