Tropicals > Hedychium > Hedychium gardnerianum > Hedychium gardnerianum
Hedychium gardnerianum
Kahili Ginger, Kahli Ginger Lily
| Family |
| Zingiberaceae |
| Genus |
| Hedychium |
| Species |
| gardnerianum |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season proetection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H2 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 1 - 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 33 - 41 |
| Height |
| 1.5 - 2.5 m |
| Spread |
| 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Borders, bed, city, cottage and informal tropical gardens. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial-shade. Moist and well-drained soil with a pH of acidic, neutral and alkaline. Prefers sand, chalk and loam. |
| Shape |
| Suckering, forming strong clumps. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| Glasshouse red spider mite and aphids. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Erect and unbranched stems. |
| Leaf Description |
| 2 ranks of lance-shaped leaves. |
| Flower Description |
| Dense terminal racemes of showy, often fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers. |
| Colour Description |
| The flowers are pink in colour with red stamens. The leaves are green. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. Trebah Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Nr Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Propagation |
| Seed and division. |
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