Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Heady aromas........, 1 by kenboy

kenboy wrote:
Gingers in pots suffer much more than ones in the ground. The White Butterfly runs along close to the top and are always moving. Keeping them in pots is so much work, keeping them in the pot. The variegated Ginger TexasJan is talking about, is probably a Shell Ginger and will probably come back just fine but it blooms on last years growth so that won't happen but up here it is grown as a foliage plant anyway.

Noreen, of Gingers of Texas is a sweet person and it is worth the trip just to meet her. She is very knowledgeable and has a goodly number of gingers, mostly in pots under giant Oak trees. She is just outside Cleveland Texas. I would guess most of hers got hit by the freeze also but should be just fine. I am hoping to make some trades with her for some of my double Brugs for some of her Gingers.

For those of you in deep south Texas that got a frees down to 20F for one night, you don't have anything to worry about. Most Gingers can take that with no problem. We got down to 9F and I am sure I lost several that were rated a half zone higher than we are here. I had hoped with mulching I could push the zone and then we get a record breaking freeze. Oh well, such is life.