Hedychium coccineum ‘Thai Spirit’
£37.50 incl. VAT
A beautiful specimen from Northern Thailand. A strong grower, it can get to 180cm in height with large stem-clasping, blue-green leaves, best grown in a sunny-to-partially-shady spot in your garden in a rich but well drained soil.
Hardiness level Amber
The strongly scented flowers are a bright orange with prominent reddish stamens, darkening with age.
Family Description
The Ginger Lilies are a family of plants from southern and eastern Asia where they grow on the margins of open woodland. A beautiful and dramatic plant with strong upright stems, large stem-clasping leaves and sweetly scented flowers. The flower spikes appear in late summer, often orange or white and with long and brightly coloured stamens. They are therefore happiest in a moist, (but not sodden,) rich soil and some light shade. They have fleshy rhizomes - think ginger roots - and while some are relatively hardy, others are more tender, so for many gardens, a heavy winter mulch seems to be sufficient protection but depending on conditions. The rhizomes may need to be lifted, stored over winter and started into growth indoors before planting out in the spring
Growing in a pot works pretty well - especially in very cold gardens. Keep frost free in the winter and they'll remain evergreen. Wakehurst Place in Sussex is a great place to see them growing outside. Many of the species and forms they have growing there were introduced by Tony Schilling, Curator of the gardens in the 1980s and 90s from expeditions by him to Asia. The forms 'Steven' and 'Tara' are named after his son and his daughter.
All propagated by us either by division or micropropagation.
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FAQs
HOW FAST DOES PLANT GROW?
It will grow from the ground to a maximum height of 180cms over the season.
HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF PLANT'?
In cold areas, best to lift the rhizome and store so it can be stored frost-free over the winter. Alternatively, leave in the ground and mulch very, very heavily.
HOW TALL DOES PLANT GROW?
Up to 180cm.
DOES PLANT PREFER SUN OR SHADE?
Sun to dappled shade.
IS PLANT AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR PLANT?
We grow it outside, but it could be grown in a cool conservatory.
IS PLANT SUITABLE FOR HEDGING?
Not appropriate.
CAN PLANT BE GROWN IN POTS OR CONTAINERS?
Yes. It will benefit from some support as it can be so tall.
IS PLANT TOXIC TO PETS?
No.
