What should I say next time?

Hello ,

I got it two years ago in a garage sale here in Miami Beach.
About 3ft. Tall ..is now about10 to 12 ft.
Is been a great ride always looking healthy and beautiful,friends ask me about her all time . !!
What should I say next time?

Thanks,
Emily

What is it?

I think it's a variety of acalypha, we call it 'petticoat' here.

Thanks at lot .!
Maybe you can ID this one too!
Is very fragrant!
Can it be from the Liliaceae, or the lily family.?
First inventory of my garden.
Emily

That white flower looks like ginger.

I agree, Butterfly ginger, very fragrant if it is.

The 1st plant is Acalypha wilkesiana 'Hoffmana'.

The 2nd plant is Hedychium coronarium, White Ginger.

Thanks,
Here are two more Tropical Mystery in my Garden!.

Emil

Plant 2

The 3rd plant might be Pluchea symphytifolia, Sourbush.

The 4th plant, need to see flowers.

Think that petticoat would have a chance in Dallas, Texas? I love it.

Christi

Acalypha wilkesiana needs to grow in a minimum temperature of 50 degrees F.

Thanks To Everybody.
Emily

LouC, I have an Acalypha wilkesiana (Fairy Dust maybe) that I plant in the ground during the summer. In late fall, I put it back into a pot and move it into the greenhouse anytime that temps drop down into the 30s. It has done just fine.

1st plant is very cool looking. good garage find. 2nd plant white butterfly ginger - sweet and spicy smells. cut you a few stems and bring them in the house. Their fragrance will fill up your whole house.

I have some of the butterfly gingers in containers and want to put them in the yard. Can anyone tell me where is the best place and will they multiply and take over? I'm not especially good with gardening in the ground ... I have most things in containers, so your experience would be much appreciated.

Sorry for taking over your thread!

the butterfly ginger love the sun. I have them both in full sun and partial shades and the ones in full sun blooms like crazy. They never bloomed in the container for me. Yes, they will multiply, but you can dig out the tubers and give them away, like I do all the time. They do not need to be planted deep. If yours have never bloomed before, you will enjoy their sweet & slightly spicy fragrance and they attracts the bees. I planted them in a coner of my fence next to my cannas. They will get about 5-6 ft tall.

They will tend to wilt in the full afternoon sun but will recover in the early evening and a little water will perk them up right away.

Thanks ... Mine do bloom in my containers but I'm sure I'd get many more if they were in the ground. :-) Don't they smell just heavenly? ^_^
~Susan