Ginger Lilies
leaves from around the garden, focussing on large dry leaves, and avoiding maple, oak and black walnut.
The less hardy your Hardy Ginger (or any other out-of-zone plant you have) is, the more winter protection it will need. The point of winter protection is to trick the plant into beleiving it is still in a tolerable climate. There are many ingenious ways of providing frost protection to plants, including the much-renowned 'circle of chicken wire filled with leaves' technique.
When to do all this depends alot on your climate, so instead of using actual calendar dates, you can use signals in the natural world around you for clues as to when to winterize or summerize your plants. Add protection on the day of the first hoar frost. Take it off when the leaves on your local forest trees are unfurling. It's as simple as that!
If you have Hedychiums growing in your garden, please join our discussion group, and tell us how it is that you tend to them. I am sure that many gardeners reading this will appreciate any extra tips you can supply to ensure their further success!
Great Ginger Lily Links
Ganesh Pradhani & Son
Check out the selection of Hedychiums. This excellent, family-operated nursery in India offers a good mix of some of the hardier varieties. I have dealt with this company and am very happy with the results.
Aloha Tropicals
Some non-hardy hybrids to browse through - beautiful pictures!
Weeds of Lismore
Lismore City Council doesn't like H. gardnerianum very much...
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