Planting Gingers Day

John is here this morning to plant .
The lady I got the Gingers from just delivered them.
She had a pow wow with John to show him best places to plant etc.
John said this is new to him, he knows nought about Gingers
but looks forward to learning something new today.
16 Gingers are being planted.
Faye has gone out to get a few pics of garden today maybe I can post some soon

Autumn still

great Gwen, look forward to them

I'm looking forwards to it too... love the gingers just wish they'd do better here.

John did 4 hours planting interspersed with a little garden natter.
Faye took some pics,of course only a couple of the new gingers had flowers.
The ginger lady brought me a few from her garden to show me a few more
like John planted.

John at work.


I won't put names on them all,you can always ask if interested .

















A COUPLE ON THE END WITHOUT FLOWERS. 16 new ones planted
I forgot I have a pic of the ones in a bottle the Ginger lady bought .
I have other pics around the garden I'll put on maybe tomorrow.

Not sure which pic I love the most including John

Oh they look really nice Gwen! I love ginger flowers

Very pretty Gwen.. Love the beehives I got a few pics of them today also.
I used to grow that heliconia up in TSV

wow.
i cannot take my eyes off the flowers in the vase.
please...can you tell me what they all are?

wow they are stunning pitta!

johns doing a good job there too

If John wants a holiday...

I love that purple bract one with the yellow flower under the beehive... do you know the name of that one? The variegated one is nice too

Thanks for nice remarks Cheryl,Val,MA ,ota and Tessa .
Tessa . Bottle of Ginger flowers
top L to R.. Heliconia golden
Heliconia Lady Di
Heliconia Sassy
Costus speciosa ,crepe flower
Lowest Costus dubius, beehive type

I am already thinking of getting more Gingers locally as I have heaps of
shady areas
All these Gingers are planted along my scooter trail so there will be lots
of enjoyment watching their growth.
About 6 do have a dormancy winter period.
Not that long till Mothers Day.

Would you like some cannas when I do my winter cut back Gwen, would they be okies up there ??

Gail I don's quite get which you mean because the beehive one is the lowest one
Have you checked out the name list I put on for Tessa,Above this post.

4th and 5th pictures from the top

Cheryl . How kind , I know Canna should do well here ,I had a very common one once and it spread so much we had to mow it down with the lawn mower till it died,it took over.
I thought the newer type woud be good .MA sent me the Tropicana ones red and green.the stripy ones. The green did not do well then threw up a new leaf and seems as if it will survive.
The red stripy one had died off and no new shoots yet,therefore I reckon I'd better wait
and see how they do before getting more .it is nice of you to offer ,I'll take a
rain check if I may.

Have to use up some of these Autumn smilies before Autumn ends.

No probs Gwen, will get in touch when it is winter time again MA has a pive of the green stripey one for me I dont have that one and just love the foliage, and Tropicana is my fave take at night

thanks gwen. gosh. they are stunning. actually...i think they are the most beautiful flowers i've ever seen. i'm totally in love.

are any of those types that don't require winter dormancy? and if they do...what sort of dormancy? i think it gets colder here than what you get...is that right? and you say they like shade? hey...i got some of that!
this is the first time i've even considered planting something that doesn't feed me.
ha.
maybe i'll end up being an all-rounder after all.

Tessa, many gingers are edible as well as pretty. Don't know how they'd do over your way though... I don't know enough about them and I don't have much luck with them myself

I have luck with some, but not the bee hives.. I think Butterfly gingers grow anywhere ..

Tessa . The ones that go dormant are mostly the .,Genus Glogga variety ,also some
of the Genus Costus .I have only one Costus that goes dormant ,thats Costus dubius the beehive one in the bottle.Domancy would last from end of summer till beginning of spring.
I cannot see why you would not be able to grow the Heliconia in WA .
Those Heliconia in the bottle Lady DI ,Sassy etc grow here in full sun but will take
part shade also . Get advice from one of you local nurseries to see if they do well there,
and which varieties do best.There are plenty of colours .They are a beautiful flower.

Gail so sorry I thought you meant the flowers in the bottle .




The name is Globba wintii. DORMANT type .grows about 3ft high here.
Originates from Thailand.

great.
i will ask the horticultists at work.
doubt we have any in the green big box tho.

Thanks Gwen. I like that one so I'll keep a lookout for it...

Tessa . Do lookat this site from .Heliconia Society of Puerto Rico.
Don't miss looking at all the newsletter online.
In particular Vol 13 No1

http://www.heliconiasocietypr.org/index.html

Gail that Globba wintii I have will soon multiply and I can send you a tuber or two.