Hedychium gardneranum

Ginger family?

It is in the ginger family, but no one cooks with it. It is a tropical plant with a heavy scent.

I did grow "Tara" and one I would recommend if you can get hold of it the flowers are a deep orange/Red , another winter loss !!! yours looks great ... I bet it would love your conditions

I pull out and try to destroy hundreds of seedlings every year - including in my woods.

how I wish I could do that here.....

I've grown this once before and like Gg lost it even overwintering in the greenhouse , I'd happily swap a few of our weeds for this!!

Just remember all the things you can grow and I can't because it doesn't get cold enough here. :)

can you name a few so it makes us feel better .... lol

Well, I can't grow peonies, pines or firs, tulips that haven't been cold treated, delphiniums, or fritillaries.

I can lol and do !

thats cheered me up