Hedychium Spicatum
Himalayan Spiked Ginger
In autumn its delicate and sweetly-scented creamish-white to pale yellow flowers have a coral apricot-pink colouring towards the base and are held aloft on the flowerspike about 3-4 feet from ground level. Root hardy if mulched well. New: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 Spicatum' is one of the hardiest of the hedychiums, and one of the most reliable to flower. The fragrant creamy-white flowers have a coral pink splash towards the base, and are held high on the flower spike, about 3-4 feet above ground level.
Contributed by @gailybob
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Himalayan Spiked Ginger
Latin name
Hedychium Spicatum
type
Tender perennial
family
Zingiberaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
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
1.00 M
1.20 M
Hedychium Spicatum
In autumn its delicate and sweetly-scented creamish-white to pale yellow flowers have a coral apricot-pink colouring towards the base and are held aloft on the flowerspike about 3-4 feet from ground level. Root hardy if mulched well. New: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 Spicatum' is one of the hardiest of the hedychiums, and one of the most reliable to flower. The fragrant creamy-white flowers have a coral pink splash towards the base, and are held high on the flower spike, about 3-4 feet above ground level.
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
gailybob