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Gingers

Gingers (Delivery May to Sep 2008)

Tropical Gingers from JungleGardens, are another favourite of mine which I have been growing for about 30 years and in particular the Hedychiums. The strong rhizomatic root systems throw annual shoots to 6 ft topped by a dense head of flowers in late summer which look and smell gorgeous. They are hardier than most people realise and given a warm south facing wall with a protective mulch in winter, they will survive reasonable frosts. However because of our short growing season they may not reach flowering maturity outside, unless in a hot sun pocket. The alternative is to dig them up and place into large pots for late flowering and over wintering under glass in a frost free greenhouse or conservatory and started into growth in early spring.

Costus Barbatus

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Spiral Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻♣

A very beautiful and spectacular rare perennial ginger from South America with spiral arranged leaves. Grows up 4’ to 7’ tall and has large green leaves. It has yellow or red flower inflorescences to 12” tall that remain in flower all summer. Can tolerate cool conditions over winter and very fast growing but the flowers are produced on the previous years growth. We also sell mature 5ft plants in 3 litre pots with several stems which will flower in 2006.

Costus Speciosa

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Spiral Ginger large multi stemmed 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A tall spiral type ginger very similar to the Costus barbatus plants that we sell but this one has large 4" white crepe type flowers that emerge from the central cone. A tough fairly hardy ginger at the root level and easy to grow with attractive tropical leaves. New shoots emerge from the root stock at regular intervals and in the tropics it would create a 3ft wide 8ft tall clump in a year! Smaller to 6ft in pots, we think, but at the moment this is new to us as well. It is suggested that this plant is hardy to -15C at the root level. Our seed comes from India and is from hardy stock and I cannot wait to trial this plant outside!

Hedychium Anne Bishop

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A lovely apricot Hedychium with a good sent and a large flower head to equal Kahili in size. Orange red filaments contrast beautifully with the paler petals. Strong growing to 6ft in a good light but taller under glass. Flowers around September to October on an established plant with strong stems and bold foliage.

Hedychium aurantiacum

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Orange Ginger - 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ ♣

Another fairly hardy form of coccinea with salmon flower heads. The growth habit is much finer than Tara, with thinner leaves and stems. As a bonus the stems have red markings rather than plain green, which adds to this attraction. The flowers though do not match up in any way to Tara or any of the hybrid gingers but an excellent species ginger

Hedychium Carnival

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A brand new ginger from the Jungle team. This attractive hybrid has bright crimson stems at the base, flowers relatively early for gingers in September with full, quite large, long lasting apricot flower heads. Flowering height is manageable at 3ft to 4ft with a good clumping habit, but sadly with minimal scent.

Hedychium coccineum

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Red Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ ♣

A smaller hardy red ginger similar to Aurantiacum (Tara, Coccineum and Aurantiacum are all closely related), forms good clumps of ginger to only 3ft or so with orange red flowers. Again the flower size does not match up to Tara or any of the hybrid gingers but still an excellent species ginger.

Hedychium coronarium

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White Butterfly Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

The white butterfly ginger which like most of the hedychiums has a beautiful fragrance but this one smells of Gardenias and is used in the perfume industry. Fairly root hardy growing to 5ft with the flowers on terminal spikes in late summer. Prefers partial shade but can take full sun with ample moisture. Probably best over wintered in a frost free area, either dormant or preferably kept growing into the following year. This plant will need a large pot to flower well.

Hedychium Dave Case

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A tall plant to 7ft topped with a 10” spike of many pure orange medium sized flowers. It blooms from August through October. A Tom Wood hybrid.

Hedychium densifolium Assam Orange

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Hardy Ginger Lily - 3litre plants ■☻җ җ җ

A smaller Ginger hardy in all parts of the UK at the root level. Treat it as a clumping border perennial plant when each year it will throw 3ft spikes topped by orange flower spikes about 4" long in August/September. Excellent for a ginger alternative that does not take up the same space as the taller varieties.

Hedychium Devon Cream

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A wonderful hybrid of Coronarium and the Kahili ginger with extravagant scent on large flower heads similar to Gardenarium but with pale cream larger flowers influenced by Coronarium. Flowers early and at a sensible 3ft height on a strong plant. Originally sold as Hedychium Great Dixter but now renamed as Devon Cream.

Hedychium Double Eagle

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Hybrid Ginger Large established 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A lovely ginger from the Jungle team with unique, coppery coloured flowers on 5ft to 6ft plants. Unusual delicious spicy fragrance.

Hedychium Dr Moy

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Hybrid Ginger Large established 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

An attractive ginger with pale orange flowers and variegated foliage. Variegation takes the form of white streaky flecks in the leaves.

Hedychium Elizabeth

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Pink Ginger Lily - 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A tall, gorgeous pink ginger, with 6ft to 8ft delicate stems. Be patient though as you will need an established plant in a large pot for successful flowering. It is the best pink form available with almost raspberry colouring and attractive foliage.

Hedychium ellipticum

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Shaving Brush Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A shade loving very exotic Hedychium bearing magnificent terminal inflorescences densely packed with white flowers and long orange filaments. A very unusual ginger flower.

Hedychium filigree

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ ♣

A short Tom Wood hybrid to 3ft and multiple stems with medium sized fragrant yellow to gold blossoms. Our shortest Hedychium that we sell with established plants flowering early from August under glass or outside. A good ginger plant for containers and for permanent planting outside in a sheltered sunny position.

Hedychium flavescens

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Yellow Ginger - 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

Tall strong stems to 7ft with more slender 4" leaves but very leafy growth giving an excellent tropical effect when not in flower. Often used for perfume because of it's strong heady scent. The flowers are pale yellow with slightly smaller flower heads than gardnerianum. A beautiful delicate flower and attractive plant that is well worth trying.

Hedychium forrestii

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Hardy Ginger Lily - 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ җ

Perhaps the hardiest of the large flowered gingers with a limited scent growing to 6ft tall. Soon forms a spreading clump in the garden making it a good choice for anyone attempting a hardy tropical border. Largish heads of white flowers are produced on terminal spikes of lush tropical looking foliage. This is a big ginger plant and very robust.

Hedychium gardnerianum

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Kahili Ginger - 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

Still my favourite ginger lily with huge inflorescences of bright golden yellow, scarlet stamens and a fantastic perfume. Flowers easily once the root stock is filling a 10” pot or larger and fed regularly with plenty of sun. Sensible height for an hedychium flowering at 3 to 4ft.

Hedychium Gold Flame

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A vigorous plant with erect fragrant white flowers and burnt gold centres. Height to 5’. An outstanding butterfly type hybrid rapidly gaining popularity. Medium shade.

Hedychium Gold Spot

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

Identical in all characteristics to Coronarium apart from the gold throat in the flower. It has been propagated from a plant originally found in a private garden in India. We were made over with the flowers and scent during our 2006 trials of these rhizomes and now have plants for sale.

Hedychium greenii

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Greenii 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ ♣

A lovely plant for both flower and foliage. Quite hardy in some areas so worth a try outdoors, but the flowers are quite late into September. The bonus for this plant is the strong clumping nature with many new spikes emerging during the summer. The glossy dark green leaves have a maroon reverse with a hint of maroon also developing in the new stems. It produces the flower bracts early enough but it can take a further month for the striking orange/red flowers to emerge.

Hedychium grifithianum

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Hedychium grifithianum 3 litre plants ■☻җ җ

A fairly new ginger into the U.K. from Himalaya, and probably hardy in mild areas but best grown under cover to accommodate the late flowers. These are borne in attractive spidery white cluster with salmon filaments carrying a mild scent in the evenings. A delicate shorter thin leaved variety to 3ft.

Hedychium kinkaku

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

Another excellent new ginger from JS&G, ‘Kinkaku’ has lovely large pale peach blooms with a darker orange throat and pink-orange stamens. Flowers from July through October given an early start. Grows in light shade to full sun, 4-5 feet tall. A really pretty ginger.

Hedychium lemon sherbert

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

Supposedly a tall robust ginger to 8ft but our plants start flowering at 6ft outside. Lovely pale yellow flowers with contrasting pink stamens on large flower heads.

Hedychium Luna Moth

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A Tom Wood superb white hybrid ginger with huge white moth type flowers and a beautiful fragrance. Shorter flowering at 1 metre than Coronarium and therefore more suitable for conservatory pot growing. The other advantage is the repeat flowering nature of this plant from the central calyx over at least a four to five week period, where other hedychiums generally open up their flowering spike from bottom to top and then finish flowering within a week. Not suitable for permanent garden use and slight shade suits it best under glass.

Hedychium pink flame

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

An excellent 4ft Tom Wood hybrid, flowering from late August onwards with clusters of peachy pink flowers with a wide dark orange throat. The extremely fragrant flowers add to the attraction when brought in to conservatories during our Autumn.

Hedychium Pink V

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Hybrid Ginger 3 litre plants ■☻җ ♣

A very popular hybrid butterfly ginger bred by Tom Wood to about 6 feet tall. Considered by many to be the best pink Hedychium taking into account the size, but the slight citrus like scent is almost non existant to my sense of smell. (Probably just getting too old!

Hedychium pradhan

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