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Profile:2 positives 1 neutral No negatives
Gardeners' Notes:
| Rating | Author | Comment |
| Positive | hedonic | On Sep 25, 2008, hedonic from porto Portugal wrote:Porto - Portugal (zone 9b/10a)
Partial Shade - semiprotected with taller trees.
Exotic look | | Positive | leighgalv | On Apr 17, 2008, leighgalv from Galveston, TX (Zone 9a) wrote: Plantings beside the spa are over 8 ft tall! Waited 3 growing seasons before I was awarded with blooms....beautiful, tall plants, great for screen and/or privacy fencing! | | Neutral | Floridian | On Nov 19, 2001, Floridian from Lutz, FL (Zone 9b) wrote: A native of Southeast Asia this large and attractive perennial is grown for its glossy foliage and fragrant flower clusters. Once established this plant will tolerate some drought as long as it has good light and a moderately rich soil. It is one of the first gingers to bloom in the spring. The unopened flowers look like strands of threaded pink seashells. When they open, the seem to contain tiny orchids with yellow and orange markings. Being vigorous growers they need to be divided every 2 years. If grown outside in colder zones you will need to mulch them well when the foliage dies back in the fall. You can also lift the rhizomes and store them in vermiculite in a cool room until the danger of frost is over. |
| Regional...This plant has been said to grow in the following regions: Camarillo, California Oakhurst, California San Marcos, California Bartow, Florida Big Pine Key, Florida Boca Raton, Florida Bokeelia, Florida Brooksville, Florida Deerfield Beach, Florida Fort Mccoy, Florida Gulf Breeze, Florida Hollywood, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Keystone Heights, Florida Kissimmee, Florida Lake Mary, Florida Lutz, Florida Maitland, Florida Miami, Florida Naples, Florida Ocoee, Florida Orange Park, Florida Pensacola, Florida Port Orange, Florida Port Saint Joe, Florida Safety Harbor, Florida Sarasota, Florida Spring Hill, Florida Tampa, Florida (2 reports) Trenton, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Gonzales, Louisiana Ocean Springs, Mississippi Vieques, Puerto Rico Bluffton, South Carolina Sumter, South Carolina Belton, Texas Deer Park, Texas Galveston, Texas Missouri City, Texas Pleasanton, Texas Victoria, Texas
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