Hedychium coronarium
Posted: October 10th, 2013, 7:56 am
| Botanical Name | Hedychium coronarium |
| Family | Zingiberaceae |
| Genus | Hedychium |
| Specie | coronarium |
| Common Name | White Ginger, Garland Lily, Butterfly Ginger |
| Life Cycle | Tropicals and Tender Perennials |
| Fragrant or Not | yes |
| Category(Bush/Vine/Tree) | small shrub |
| Height | 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m) |
| Spacing | 18-24 in. (45-60 cm) |
| Flowering Months | Late Summer/Early Fall |
| Flower Color | White/Near White |
| Growing Areas | All hot areas Pakistan |
| Frost Tender | yes |
| Exposure | Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade |
| Soil pH | mildly acidic |
| Propagation | By dividing rhizomes |
| Uses | ornamental,Borders. Container plants. |
| Other Details | Butterfly ginger lily is beautiful and fragrant flower native to East India. It is a robust, attractive plant that will reach 6 feet in containers. Leaves are lance-shaped and sharp-pointed, 8-24 in long and 2-5 in wide and arranged in 2 neat ranks that run the length of the stem. From midsummer through autumn the stalks are topped with 6-12 in long clusters of wonderfully fragrant white flowers that look like butterflies.Best grown in organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Likes hot and humid summers and consistently moist soils. under is personal experience by M.I.Khuram sb. Immensely fragrant Hedychium or Ginger Lily is a plant is not very well known. Extremely adaptable to our climate, they prefer a moist semi shade condition to thrive similar to Cannas. The fragrance of the white Hedychium Coronarium has a exhilarating smell that tends to lift your spirits and a cut stalk of Ginger lily flower tends to permeate the room with its fragrance within an hour. It would rate it along with Tuberose and Motia to be the three most fragrant plants. |
