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Question about Beehive ginger

21 years ago

I have a garden that receives almost full sun. It currently has a Costas barbatus and a hedychium coccineum that are growing extremely well. The soil is a sandy loam and has a thick layer of mulch. Soon it will receive some shade from a bleeding heart tree.

Would this garden be suitable for a beehive ginger?

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kirstenz
21 years ago
Yes, plenty of sun for good flowering and rich moist soil, can be grown from stem cuttings either in water or in consistently moist soil.
Regards Kirsten
CoralCoast_Tropicals
21 years ago
Beehive gingers cannot be struck from stem cuttings, many Costus certainly can but not Zingiber spectabile. I also find that the foliage burns a fair bit in very strong sunlight but yes strong dappled light is needed for best flowering although I have some that are now in deep shade that still flower reasonably well.

Andrew.
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kirstenz
21 years ago
Dear Coral_coast,
Interested to read your return on Beehive ginger, I have managed to strike the ginger in water when using the foliage and stems along with the flower in vase arrangements, I dind,t plant out the cuttings but there was definately root growth and a small shoot. Please visit " a method of reproduction of Beehive Gingers' on Google.

Cheers, Kirsten .
Just type in Beehive Gingers on Google
pogonantha
21 years ago
Hi everyone! I have about 5 boxes of zingibers that are shooting now. We sell heaps and it's easier to get them in 6in. pots this way.they strike better in either the spring or autumn and in high humidity. Some like pachy. are harder but most aren't too bad.we discovered this because we had babies popping up in heavily mulched areas of the garden. We find that beehives will grow well in the full sun if you can keep the water up. however, the foliage always looks better in a bit of shade. Don't be afraid to cut back abit of foliage that maybe in front of the flower display. It's hard to find a hardier tropical. Also there are earlier and later flowering beehives. So if you use a few different types you can have beehive flowers for most of the year. Ann
Ginger_Gallery
21 years ago
Hi all, I too have struck Z. Spectabile stem cuttings in both water and in heaped cuttings in the bottom of my shade house. Good luck you will be pleased with this ginger.

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