General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet
Leaves: Other: Deep green upper surface, maroon below.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Red Butterfly Ginger
  • Scarlet Ginger
  • Hardy Ginger
  • Ginger Lily

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Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2013-07-16

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Orlando Florida
Date: 2011-07-04
Hedychium greenii
Comments:
  • Posted by dyzzypyxxy (Sarasota, Fl) on Aug 24, 2014 1:48 PM concerning plant:
    I grow a number of different gingers, and this one is not easy to bloom. It puts up meager flower heads with just a few buds, then proceeds to make many offsets on the flower spikes. The offsets do root and come true to the mother plant. Now I have lots, so I'm trying it in different parts of the garden to see whether more sun or different soil will inspire it to bloom better.
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red butterfly ginger by hogie Aug 7, 2016 10:26 AM 1

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