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Mar 21, 2012 4:32 PM CST
Name: Jonna
Mérida, Yucatán, México (Zone 13a)
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I had several gingers in one bed, most of them required full sun and as the neighbor's trees have grown, that bed now only gets a few hours of sun. The only one that is doing well is the variegated shell ginger, I think it is Alpinia zerumbet. I'm going to move it when I can get some help to the upper bed where its height isn't a problem. Now it is kind of a pain as it hangs over the lounge chairs.


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The heliconia in that bed has not come back well, not enough sun. The one in another bed, which gets much more sun, is going well though and blooming like crazy right now. I don't know which one it is.

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My shampoo ginger is in the same bed with the heliconia. It has died back during the dry season but is now sending out lots of new stalks. Here are a couple of pictures from November when it was blooming.

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