{"title":"Hedychium","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedychium (ginger lily) are wonderful pass-along perennial plants that are finally available in many new varieties and species. All of the hardy ginger plants we offer have proven to be reliable in our Zone 7b garden (0 degrees F in winter). Although they are commonly called ginger lily, they are not a true lily (genus \u003ca title=\"Lilium\" href=\"\/collections\/lilium\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLilium\u003c\/a\u003e) or a true ginger plant (genus \u003ca title=\"Zingiber\" href=\"\/collections\/zingiber-ginger-plant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZingiber\u003c\/a\u003e). Hedychium plants are prized for their summer and early fall floral shows atop bold-foliaged stalks. The inflorescences are quite exotic looking, resembling clusters of orchid blooms. Many of the ginger lily selections (especially Hedychium coronarium) are valued for their wonderful flower fragrance...a sweet honeysuckle scent that is a favorite of hummingbirds!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eTips for Growing Ginger Lilies\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGinger lily plants prefer bright to part sun in rich, moist but well-drained garden soils...preferably on slopes. North of Zone 8, do not plant hardy ginger plants after late August for best winter survivability. If your ginger lily is happy, it will quickly form a large clump, which can easily be divided and shared with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eHedychium Companion Plants\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTry pairing this hardy ginger lily with other bold tropical plants like canna, musa, colocasia or complementing its late season flowers with hibiscus, peony, or iris.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAdditional Ginger Lily Resources\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cheader class=\"section-header article-title-with-image\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"section-header__title\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Hedychium - A Hardy Ginger Plant for the Garden\" href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/ginger-plant-lily-variegated-hedychium-lilies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHedychium - A Hardy Ginger Plant for the Garden\u003c\/a\u003e - In depth article that goes in-depth on growing, propagating, and general care of ginger lilies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cheader class=\"section-header \"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"section-header__title\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Plant Profile: Zingiber mioga (Myoga Ginger)\" href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/zingiber-mioga-myoga-ginger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Profile: Zingiber mioga (Myoga Ginger)\u003c\/a\u003e - Winter hardy and edible ornamental ginger? Yes please!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cheader class=\"section-header \"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"section-header__title\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Curcuma longa - Grow Turmeric In Your Garden\" href=\"\/blogs\/articles\/curcuma-longa-turmeric-plant-zedoaria-ginger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCurcuma longa - Grow Turmeric In Your Garden\u003c\/a\u003e - Learn how to care and grow for this amazing hidden cone ginger.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/header\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hedychium-coronarium","title":"Hedychium coronarium","description":"\u003cp\u003eButterfly ginger stalks emerge from a thick, slowly growing rhizome and grow skyward through the spring and summer. In late summer, pinecone-like buds form atop the thick 5' tall stems. Starting in midsummer, the white (with a central yellow blotch), 2\" wide, butterfly-shaped flowers of Hedychium coronarium begin to open, a few each day, perfuming the air with a rich honeysuckle-like fragrance until frost...ooh la la! Hedychium coronarium is a real attention-getter in the summer garden. Slightly moist, well-drained soils produce the best flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001014981,"sku":"1308","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-coronarium.i-1308.s-63382.r-1_b6d42f74-8f6a-4024-b524-9b7495e9804d.jpg?v=1790954245"},{"product_id":"hedychium-coccineum-applecourt","title":"Hedychium coccineum Applecourt","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedychium coccineum 'Applecourt' is one of our favorite ginger lilies. This little-known cultivar is one that we picked up on a 1995 visit to the former Applecourt Nursery in the UK. The massive 1'+ long flower heads of brilliant scarlet orange with red throats top the 5-6' tall clump in midsummer and again in early fall. Moist, but well-drained soils grow the best specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001409605,"sku":"1844","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-coccineum-Applecourt.i-1844.s-66198.r-1_24ccf977-1567-40d5-b7ce-d08c7664f1a3.jpg?v=1790338468"},{"product_id":"hedychium-gardnerianum-compactum","title":"Hedychium gardnerianum Compactum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe amazing Nepalese native, Hedychium gardnerianum is one of the showiest of the wild ginger lilies. Hedychium gardnerianum 'Compactum' boasts giant flower heads of brilliant yellow, fragrant flowers atop 4' tall stalks. An additional highlight is the dark orange stigmas that protrude from each flower and provide a stunning contrast, starting for us in early October. Please join me in a late night toast to yellow flowers and protruding stigmas!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025067845,"sku":"2991","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-gardnerianum-Compactum.i-2991.s-68495.r-1.jpg?v=1790954189"},{"product_id":"hedychium-daniel-weeks","title":"Hedychium Daniel Weeks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 1992 Larry Shatzer hybrid (probably Hedychium flavescens x gardnerianum), introduced by Florida's former Gainesville Tree Farm, is one of the longest-flowering of the \u003ca title=\"Check out the rest of our ginger lilies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hedychium-ginger-plant\"\u003eginger lilies\u003c\/a\u003e, starting here in late July or early August and continuing until frost. The 4'+ tall stalks are topped with scrumptious, golden-yellow flowers with a dark gold throat. In early evening, the air is perfumed with their strong honeysuckle-like fragrance. When happy in moist, well-drained soils, the rapidly growing Hedychium 'Daniel Weeks' can form a 3-4' wide clump of arching canes in only a couple of seasons, so line up plenty of friends with whom you can share. We've had reports of Zone 6 hardiness to temperatures of -7F, so this may be much hardier that we expected.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025233413,"sku":"3218","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Daniel-Weeks.i-3218.s-64400.r-1_36057121-3c8a-4518-8afe-24b2f1caa72d.jpg?v=1791296021"},{"product_id":"hedychium-raffillii","title":"Hedychium Raffillii","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Hedychium x raffillii) Hedychium 'Raffillii' is simply amazing! No wonder this 1941 Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner is touted as one of the finest ginger lilies ever introduced. For us, this Hedychium selection is the earliest ginger to flower, often starting for us in early- to mid-July. Hybridized by the late Charles Percival Raffill, former assistant curator at Kew Gardens, the 5-6' tall sturdy clumps are topped with giant 18\" flower heads of fragrant, brilliant orange flowers. Hedychium 'Raffillii' causes a real \"drop what y'er doing, grab the camera\" moment when this ginger comes into flower. Our four-year-old clumps have as many as 50 flower spikes open at once...a really big shoeeew, as Ed used to say. (Kids, get your grandparents to explain.)\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026083781,"sku":"4693","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Raffillii.i-4693.s-64399.r-1.jpg?v=1791380912"},{"product_id":"hedychium-kin-gi","title":"Hedychium Kin gi","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have grown this amazing, but little-known ginger for several years under the misspelled name 'Kanogie'. Hedychium 'Kin Ôgi' is one of our favorite \u003ca title=\"See all of our ginger lilies for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hedychium-ginger-plant\"\u003eginger lilies\u003c\/a\u003e with strong 6' tall stalks, topped in late summer with stunning 1' tall flower heads of large, butterscotch-orange, fragrant flowers. The flower color is quite unique among the gingers we grow, and a plant in full flower is a crowd stopper. You are probably wondering what a Kin Ôgi is, and, no, he wasn't the old dude from Star Wars. \"Kin\" means gold and \"Ôgi\" means plant.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027965125,"sku":"7459","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Kin-gi.i-7459.s-68063.r-1.jpg?v=1790954602"},{"product_id":"hedychium-vanilla-ice","title":"Hedychium Vanilla Ice","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are pleased to offer Hedychium 'Vanilla Ice', a selection from Hedychium 'Dr. Moy' made by NC's defunct Messenbrink's Nursery, that was introduced in limited numbers in 2000. Hedychium 'Vanilla Ice' has much more white flecking than its parent, which reduces it in both size and vigor...a good thing for smaller gardens. Any reverted, larger-growing, less-variegated shoots should be promptly removed. In our trials, Hedychium 'Vanilla Ice' rarely exceeds 4' in height and is topped in late summer with deliciously fragrant, peachy-pink flowers...a real charmer!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028339525,"sku":"8099","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Vanilla-Ice.i-8099.s-66657.r-1.jpg?v=1788887680"},{"product_id":"hedychium-coccineum-slims-orange","title":"Hedychium coccineum Slims Orange","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedychium coccineum 'Slim's Orange' is a wonderful dwarf ginger that makes a fast-growing clump to only 3' tall...I guess it should have been named 'Slim's Fast'. We're getting warmer in tracking down its origin. Dale Batchelor of Raleigh ordered it from Florida and lost track of the name, later naming it after her gardening uncle, Slim Ruddell. Hedychium 'Slim's Orange' is a selection of Hedychium coccineum, confirmed by ginger guru Tom Wood. The narrow, slightly glaucous foliage is topped, starting in mid-June (NC), with 3' tall spikes ending in a head of bright scarlet-orange. Because of its slim size, Hedychium coccineum 'Slim's Orange' fits in even the smallest garden.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028440517,"sku":"8231","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-coccineum-Slims-Orange.i-8231.s-68074.r-1_b6acd3cb-6c89-4c97-992c-0f8f21186f96.jpg?v=1788887900"},{"product_id":"hedychium-anne-bishop","title":"Hedychium Anne Bishop","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedychium 'Anne Bishop' is a Hawaiian hybrid that has consistently ranked among our top performers since 2000 but, due to its slow multiplication rate, it took over a decade to build up enough stock to offer it for sale. The 5' tall stalks are adorned with huge, tropical-looking leaves and topped from summer through frost with giant 1' tall x 6\" wide floral panicles. The flower color of Hedychium 'Anne Bishop' ranges from rich golden orange in the heat of summer to a lighter golden yellow as temperatures cool, but the intensely sweet fragrance is the same regardless of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I4uWhTx568c?si=yeuYZxlq29P4EPHP\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029094213,"sku":"9272","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Anne-Bishop.i-9272.s-62507.r-1.jpg?v=1790954464"},{"product_id":"hedychium-fiesta","title":"Hedychium Fiesta","description":"\u003cp\u003eHedychium 'Fiesta' is an excellent Hedychium coccineum hybrid that we've grown since 1996. For us, it produces 6' tall stalks topped, starting in early July, with flower heads of fragrant dark orange flowers. As with most hedychium, soils with even moisture produce much better flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Fp7pYr7A5oM?si=VU8KB_987T1tbMGL\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21029491525,"sku":"9683","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-Fiesta.i-9683.s-67749.r-1_766800fc-421f-45ea-b149-21e9b054659d.jpg?v=1781714678"},{"product_id":"hedychium-flavum-prayer-flags","title":"Hedychium flavum Prayer Flags","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Hedychium sp. HWJK3810) We are pleased to once again share this amazing form of Hedychium flavum, purchased from Heronswood Nursery in 2005 as a seedling from a Dan Hinkley collection trip to Vietnam. We've grown Hedychium flavum 'Prayer Flags' for decades in our garden, during which time it's formed an incredible 7' tall x 8' wide clump. The base of the stems are bright red, and they are topped with terminal spikes of sweetly fragrant flowers, starting for us in mid-August (NC)...each creamy white toward the edge and soft yellow toward the center. We named this seedling after the colorful prayer flags that dot many Asian mountains. This is a superb selection that deserves to be much more widely grown.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39306061893,"sku":"6731","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-flavum-Prayer-Flags.i-6731.s-65146.r-1.jpg?v=1791380930"},{"product_id":"hedychium-deceptum","title":"Hedychium deceptum","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Hedychium rubrum) Hedychium deceptum is a little-known ginger from the Meghalaya\/Naga Hills region of India, where it can be found between 1,500' and 4,500' elevation. Despite being discovered in the early 1920's by UK plantsman H.J. Elwes, it had never been commercialized until a recent introduction by US ginger guru, Tim Chapman. Hedychium deceptum shares the same bright, screaming colored flowers with the better known Hedychium greenii. Our plants, growing in half day sun, produce stout 3' tall clumps of corn-like dark green foliage. Starting for us in early August and continuing through October, the foliage is just topped with stocky flower heads composed of dark burgundy bracts, which hold the vermillion orange flowers...truly a special thing of beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hb20nYPZ_E0?si=j5OxW8LkFmpe2m6M\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39536675192919,"sku":"15005","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hedychium-deceptum.i-15005.s-66655.r-1_3f37712f-c2e0-4a69-9c6f-fe7600b28fd1.jpg?v=1789578547"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Hedychium-Kin-Ogi-1900x350_63080de6-6c29-434e-9664-03486e7bee16.jpg?v=1762891075","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hedychium-ginger-plant.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}