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Hedychium gardnerianum

piratesupporterpiratesupporter Posts: 15
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I am new to growing this plant. I have seen that the seed pods are very attractive but
will it benifit from being deadheaded ?  in other words will I get a second flush of flower ?

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    piratesupporter said:
    I am new to growing this plant. I have seen that the seed pods are very attractive but
    will it benifit from being deadheaded ?  in other words will I get a second flush of flower ?
    Where in the world do you live?
    This forum is based in UK .
    Hedychium gardnerianum .....common name  Kahili ginger, Kahila garland-lily or ginger lily, is classed as tropical and would only survive here  in very mild areas./or in a green house.
    So it may be hard to advice you whether to let it go to seed or to be deadheaded in the hope of a 2nd flush of flowers.


    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • piratesupporterpiratesupporter Posts: 15
    I live in Mid Cornwall. These plants thrive well down here in the open garden but they are herbaceous.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I grew  them in Devon : every year they'd grow to over 2m tall, but never ever flowered. i dug them up and dumped them
    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Never managed to get them to flower here, although they did over winter in a cold g/h.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Hi @piratesupporter,  ginger lilies only flower once and then send up an entirely new shoot with a new flower stalk when the older flower dies.  So it's best to deadhead to neaten the plant and to spur on new flower stalks.  That's a pretty impressive specimen @Silver surfer!

    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I have them in a large pot, they overwinter in a greenhouse, and in Spring I start to feed and water well. They will flower in a sunny summer. I have grown them from seed to flower in two years.
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