Yes, another bug has hitme, I should really behave myself.
Where do you all buy your gingers at?
I'm looking for hardy gingers in zone 7
Where do you buy your gingers
Look at the thread for Gingerland Open House. They did all our landscaping and we have something like 85 gingers. Fantastic job!! Karen
Thanks, If that's jill, I'm working on an order for her gingers,
Hi Karen,
Wish you were coming this weekend, you've not seen the nursery this time of the year.
Love,
Liz
My Costus Barbatus by the front gate
Liz
picture #2
beautiful pictures liz.
Liz,
Here is a photo I took on Sunday at Selby Botanical Garden, I thought this bed looked really good. I don't know this ginger, but it looks like it is the same genus as yours. Do you know how long the cones will stay on your plants? I have given up on most gingers because of the short bloom season. I will be keeping an eye on this one, in my photo, to see if it is worth having in the garden.
This is the only one I have right now, it flowers for a long time and reseeds itself. Globba or Dancing Ladies. It is winter dormant, but that is ok, even us tropical folks can handle some seasonal changes.
That was a picture of liz's plant BEFORE molly and I arrived...I wasnt out of the car before molly had popped those little yellow buds in her mouth and guess who had to eat one next...lol.....actually not bad...molly found some others we ate that were sweeter...I prefered squeezing the pine cones and having all that liquid come out...that was wild....liz has some big cones to squeeze out there.
that plant from the botanical gardens is the same one I bought on sunday...its the one I lost the name for....liz...maybe you can help us both out on that id pam
oooo is that african one with the pink flowers smelling WONDERFUL this morning!
Costus woodsonii Dwarf French Kiss
We got ours from Liz and Richard as part of our landscaping. It is my husband's favorite plant. Karen
do you and your husband have yours in the sun....she said it is a sun lover...just wasnt sure how much sun that meant. thanks for the id
Yes, full sun!! And it is spreading like crazy. Karen
Costus woodsonii grows along the Carribean coast of Costa Rica and Panama. In its native habitat it is in open sunny areas and even grows right up to the edge of the beach, so is very well adapted to full sun AND salt tolerant. I have been told that it will also tolerate fairly shady conditions, so it makes a very versatile landscape plant. It is widely used in South Florida landscapes.
Dave Skinner
www.gingersrus.com
Hey guys,
I see you've been having quite a discussion here:)
Four more of those Woodsonii left the nursery today. Catching up on a few things around here and slowly exhaling after this weekend. Had a few women from a garden club up here this morning for about 2 hours. Have to get all the bird cages changed and I'll be caught up for the week with my 'other' duties that I got behind on. I'll be out your way pretty soon Karen, as soon as Sir Richard tells me when it will be I'll let you know.
Now Dale, what do you mean short season? Tsk Tsk Tsk... That's why you grow lots of them, then you have things blooming and changing in your garden year round, especially being farther south. Take Costus Barbatus for example (my favorite), the inflorsecence first shows signs as a red blush at the top of the stem around the end of February/beginning of March and it continues to grow through November, you get color almost year round just from that one plant, the yellow blooms are spectacular and yummy :) then that beaytiful spiral growth habit and petting the undersides of the leaves is better than having a bunny. Now, Pam & Molly am I lying? lol
Dale, email me at my leneobrien@aol.com address with your regular email addy and I'll send you my photo album, it's up to over 400 pictures now.
Liz
Liz,, you won't believe how beautiful my landscaping is now!! Karen
I was wondering how long mine would go...its sending up new shoots like mad...so i figure each one of those is one. Glad to hear it does this so long....LOVE IT. Of course...after having to do the same....I make everyone pop a flower and eat it. At least it doesnt taste like ginger. Im probably the only person alive who doenst like it....but not my fave... pam
I've discovered StokesTropicals.com, excellent source for gingers. Their plants arrive in top shape. They respond to e-mail questions too.
