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Boesenbergia hamiltonii


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Boesenbergia hamiltonii is a hardy ginger relative with subtropical foliage and orchid-like white and carmine pink flowers.


Description:
Boesenbergia hamiltonii, known as Hamilton's rosy orchid ginger or Hamilton's fingerroot, is a hardy ginger relative from India that will emerge in late spring or early summer with attractive pleated canna-like foliage up to three feet tall followed by beautiful orchid-like tubular white flowers with pink and carmine throats on three inch stems that emerge from the base of the leaf stems. Plant in well-drained soils that are moist in summer and drier in winter. It is hardy to zone 7b. Mulch with fallen leaves in winter. In colder zones, grow it as a container specimen and protect in winter. It will most likely also go dormant indoors for 2-3 months. Let it dry out and water only sparingly to keep soil off-dry until spring.


Common Name: Hamilton's Rosy Orchid Ginger - [Summer B&B Pre-Order]

Family: Zingiberaceae (The Ginger Family)

Zone Hardiness: 7-11

Light: Part Sun, Part Shade

Height: 2-4'

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour: Red

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Moist

Stem Colour: Red

Fragrance: No

Berries: No

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Moist forest understoreys up to 6000 feet in northeast India

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Himalayas

Asia and the Pacific - Indian Subcontinent

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