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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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Ginger Lily

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Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2022-10-31
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2017-08-03
Location: my garden, Sarasota FL
Date: 2021-11-02
Comments:
  • Posted by dyzzypyxxy (Sarasota, Fl) on Nov 6, 2021 1:43 PM concerning plant:
    A lovely delicate ginger, with wonderful fragrance only at night. Stays relatively short, at 36in, max for me. Needs regular water and partial to full shade in Florida where I am. Any sun during the middle of the day burns the leaves. Blooms usually starting in September or October for me, so a nice treat for the fall garden. Very cold tender, so thick mulch in zone 9 for the winter months after the stems die back. I keep mine in large pots in my protected hoop house through the winter, always above 50deg. F.

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