Alpinia is the broadest genus within the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) from tropical to subtropocal areas in Australasia, whereas Hedychium or Ginger Lilies has some 50 species from warm temperate regions in Madagascar and Asia. They are evergreen to herbaceous perennials with strong underground rhizomes. Many species have most ornamental, tall stalks and showy whitish, creamy-white, yellow, orange or purplish-red flowers surrounded by sometimes most colorful bracts (e.g. bright red bracts in Alpinia purpurata). All are easily grown in large pots or containers in any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny (winter) to partially shaded (summer) spot. In winter keep plants slightly drier at a minimum of some 15°C. Several species will do dormant in winter and resprout in spring.
Sow flat at minimum of some 20°C throughout the year in any well drained, humus rich substrate in full sun.
10 seeds per package or per rhizome (length given in cm).
Alpinia & Hedychium (Ginger Lilies)
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Alpinia purpurata (Red Ginger)
100 (150)cm, Red Ginger is a medium tall Asian species with upright stalks covered with dark green, glossy leaves and crowned by deep red flower heads in this form and nicely contrasting white fruits. Easily grown in any humus rich, well drained substrate at a minimum of some 15°C in winter with reduced watering. V-X.
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| seed package8249 | € 3,99* | ||
Hedychium greenii (Red Butterfly Ginger)
150 (180)cm Red Butterfly Ginger belongs to the most colorful of all Hedychium species and makes dark green leaves with a slight maroon tinge on the lower side and terminal racemes of large bright orange-red flowers. All cultivated plants are sterile, however they make plantlets in the inflorescence which serve for propagation. It is a semi-evergreen to herbaceous perennial which is easily grown in any humus rich, well drained substrate at a minimum of some 15°C in winter with reduced watering to a minimum during dormancy. Offered rhizomes are 6 months old plantlets with at least one new eye. They will need only one more year to reach flowering size. VI-VIII.
Rhizomes can only be delivered within Europe!
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| Rhizome (05.0 cm)8839 | € 14,90 | ||
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