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White Ginger Lily in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Hedychium coronarium

 

White Ginger Lily

Ginger Lilies are flowering, perennial, rhizomatous plants with stout, reed-like stems which carry lanceolate sheathing leaves in two parallel ranks. The stems are topped with spikes of orchid-like flowers that are often fragrant. Gingers vary from frost hardy to tender green-house or conservatory plants, and protection from cold will help even hardy varieties to flower, so a solution in cold areas is to grow in containers, and move the containers outdoors in the warmer months. Wet conditions are sometimes a worse enemy than cold, so make sure the plants are going to be protected from very wet conditions, and that the soil in which they are grown is very free-draining. Hedychium coronarium has lush lance-shaped foliage typical of its genus, and large white fragrant flowers. It is however, not the easiest Hedychium to get to flower in the UK and needs a lot of light, high Summer heat, plenty of water and regular feeding throughout the growing season

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plant Features
  • White Ginger Lily likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • White Ginger Lily likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • White Ginger Lily is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • White Ginger Lily likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

White Ginger Lily

Latin name

Hedychium coronarium

type

Tender perennial

family

Zingiberaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    White Ginger Lily likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    White Ginger Lily is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    White Ginger Lily likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    White Ginger Lily likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown White Ginger Lily is 1.00meters x 2.00meters 1.00 M 2.00 M

Hedychium coronarium

Ginger Lilies are flowering, perennial, rhizomatous plants with stout, reed-like stems which carry lanceolate sheathing leaves in two parallel ranks. The stems are topped with spikes of orchid-like flowers that are often fragrant. Gingers vary from frost hardy to tender green-house or conservatory plants, and protection from cold will help even hardy varieties to flower, so a solution in cold areas is to grow in containers, and move the containers outdoors in the warmer months. Wet conditions are sometimes a worse enemy than cold, so make sure the plants are going to be protected from very wet conditions, and that the soil in which they are grown is very free-draining. Hedychium coronarium has lush lance-shaped foliage typical of its genus, and large white fragrant flowers. It is however, not the easiest Hedychium to get to flower in the UK and needs a lot of light, high Summer heat, plenty of water and regular feeding throughout the growing season


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Ginger Lilies bloom from early Summer to late Summer

 

Propagating by division of rhizomes

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Dig up the rhizomes, and divide them, ensuring that each piece has at least one growing tip, and re-plant.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant rhizomes in a warm, sheltered site (by a south or west wall is good) - or in a container, in compost or soil that is very free-draining

 
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