Hedychium Spicatum

The magic has happened, not just one but all three. Himalayan Spike Ginger. Such fragile flowers but smell incredible. So happy they flowered in their first year. Two of them have even started to put out new plants at the base.

Yes finally, they look superb @gailybob, new plants eh, I do love you sis 😇😇😇

Wish we had smell-a-vision 👃🏻

@jeanette1967 I love you too very much 😂😂😂. But let me get them through their first winter first 😆😇

@jilly it's a bit like honey suckle but much nicer and stronger. I'm sure there will be a few more pics as they open further

Gorgeous well done 👏 is the root edible I love ginger 💕

Wow, I've got a hedychium aurantiacum (I think) but I don't think it's very happy. Yours is lovely

@dbligh lol om not going to dig it up to find out, we'll not this year anyway no matter how much @jeanette1967 pleads 😃😃😃

@vec thank you it's its first year so hopefully will survive had some new mulch last week

How much of your tuber is underground. I bought mine with about 3 - 4ft of growth. There was no soil on top of the tuber and the pot was tiny. It was completely pot bound. I've got it in a sunny spot for the morning but shaded from the afternoon sun but the leaves look a bit like it's had too much sun

I didn't really see a tuber they were just in little black plastic bag pots with a few roots I was really worried at first but they came on a treat

I'm wondering if that's my problem then. I added some mulch over it last week as it looked a bit under the weather. It's still growing new leaves though ☺