Growing Red Ginger Lily In My Garden

At one time I was interesting in flower arrangements. This hobby was quite an expensive hobby because I needed to buy flowers from the wet market. One of the flowers I like to use in my flower arrangements was the Red Ginger Lily. Later, I found out from a friend that I can grow my own Red Ginger Lily. 

I grow my Red Ginger Lily from a spent flower with small plantlets obtained from my friend's garden.

Another common name of Red Ginger Lily is Red Cone Ginger.

Its scientific name is Alpinia Purpurata.

The cone shaped flowers are not the actual flowers. These are the clusters of red or pink bracts. The actual flowers are white bloom from the bracts. The white flowers are very small and not very noticeable. 

The red or pink bracts or we called flowers are bright and attractive. Birds and insects are attracted to the flowers. The flowers are grown for cut flowers used for floral arrangements. I have tried to plant the pink flowers but it didn't survive.

The plant is evergreen, tall and upright with long, green leaves.

This was from my friend's garden with the chain link fencing.

If it is planted in the ground, it will spread out through its rhizomes with new shoots growing out from the ground. So to keep it in control I planted mine in a pot. Each shoot will bear a single flower and once the flower is spent, the shoot needs to be cut off as near to the ground surface.

Red Ginger Lily grows well in moist, well-drained garden soil.

It needs regular fertilizing for healthier plant and bigger flowers.

It is grown as ornamental plants and also as landscape plants.

It grows well when exposed to full sun or partial shade.

Sometimes the spent flowers will grow small plantlets.

This can be used to propagate new plants.

Allow the plantlets to grow bigger before cutting off.

Bury the base of the plantlets in soil for it to grow roots.

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Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him.

Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.

(Ephesians 3:17, NLT)