Ginger Lily will add an exotic look to your garden and create a wonderful display of scented blooms each year from late summer onwards. Zingy spikes of blousy flowers will tower above clumps of lance-shaped leaves, instantly transporting you to a tropical paradise!
Don’t forget to breathe in deeply as the heavily scented blooms carry a stunning sweet fragrance particularly in the early evening!
Despite its exotic good looks, this plant is completely reliable in the UK – the tubers will over-winter successfully and thrive in a sun baked spot in a pot or planted directly in the soil.
Top Tip – plant very shallow on surface of compost in hot sunny spot to get going, they love being baked to get started.
Care Information
Planting Advice for Hardy Ginger Lily, Hedychium
- Plant the rhizomes into pots using a good soil-based compost such as John Innes No2.
- The rhizome should be placed horizontally just below the surface of the soil with the small reddish coloured buds facing upwards.
- Water well and then grow on in a frost proof place such as a cold bedroom or greenhouse before planting out when all risk of frost has passed.
- Alternatively, store the rhizomes in a cool, frost-free place (such as a garage, shed or unheated porch) until they can be planted straight out in the garden.
Aftercare Advice for your Hardy Ginger Lily
- Keep well-watered during the summer, but dry during winter.
- Outside, the rhizomes should be covered in the autumn with a deep, dry mulch, or dug up and brought inside and kept in a frost-free place until the spring when they can be planted outside again.


















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