Hedychium deceptum
Red Hardy Ginger Lily
Item #: 15005
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Origin: Assam region of India, Burma/Myanmar, India
(aka: Hedychium rubrum) Hedychium deceptum is a little-known ginger from the Meghalaya/Naga Hills region of India, where it can be found between 1,500' and 4,500' elevation. Despite being discovered in the early 1920's by UK plantsman H.J. Elwes, it had never been commercialized until a recent introduction by US ginger guru, Tim Chapman. Hedychium deceptum shares the same bright, screaming colored flowers with the better known Hedychium greenii. Our plants, growing in half day sun, produce stout 3' tall clumps of corn-like dark green foliage. Starting for us in early August and continuing through October, the foliage is just topped with stocky flower heads composed of dark burgundy bracts, which hold the vermillion orange flowers...truly a special thing of beauty.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Hedychium
Flower Color: Orange/Peach , Red
Leaf Color: Green
Container Role: Thrillers
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