Thanks Joyce, the pelargoniums on the back door step are a bit gaudy perhaps but I do love red flowers, the bottom plant is a periwinkle which may take root in the gravel if I don't trim it back soon.
We have had the ginger for over 40 years now, the rhizomes (?) just build up over the years so we have to discard the old ones to give the new ones room to grow.
I didn't know you could grow ginger so far north - have you a picture of it that you could share?
We have had a lack of sunshine here too, although plenty of dull days and quite a lot of rain too. However the forecast is sunny and dry for the next few days, we have already had a week of almost none stop sunshine. This is just how summers should be.
Lovely colours Zenjeff, striking flowers.
Look forwards to seeing the pictures Joyce, We really do take these lovely gingers flowers for granted, they were given to us approx. 40 years ago, at our first home, and have flowered for us every year since.
We were given the ginger as growing plants, I don't think it is quite the same as the ginger from the supermarket - I am not a ginger eater myself, but OH says it is a ginger lily flower. Can anyone else answer B3's question more satisfactorily?
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Like your tiered pelargonium arrangement GD.
My orange ginger is still in bud. Your stunning one is too tender for up here.
Thanks Joyce, the pelargoniums on the back door step are a bit gaudy perhaps but I do love red flowers, the bottom plant is a periwinkle which may take root in the gravel if I don't trim it back soon.
We have had the ginger for over 40 years now, the rhizomes (?) just build up over the years so we have to discard the old ones to give the new ones room to grow.
I didn't know you could grow ginger so far north - have you a picture of it that you could share?
GD - flowers wont be open for ten days at least but will post pic later.
Mine don't even have buds on.
This morning cannas flowering to say we have had a poor summer here in the North East
We have had a lack of sunshine here too, although plenty of dull days and quite a lot of rain too. However the forecast is sunny and dry for the next few days, we have already had a week of almost none stop sunshine. This is just how summers should be.
Lovely colours Zenjeff, striking flowers.
Look forwards to seeing the pictures Joyce, We really do take these lovely gingers flowers for granted, they were given to us approx. 40 years ago, at our first home, and have flowered for us every year since.
Do you just plant a lump of supermarket ginger?
We were given the ginger as growing plants, I don't think it is quite the same as the ginger from the supermarket - I am not a ginger eater myself, but OH says it is a ginger lily flower. Can anyone else answer B3's question more satisfactorily?
Its a beauty GD2
looks like hedychium gardnerianum. I bought a piece of rhizome this spring it hasn't awaken 
Nice dahlia's and canna's zenjeff
B3 - culinary ginger is Zingeber Officinale
'Ginger lilies' are the Hedichium family.