ABOUT THIS GINGER Butterfly Ginger Sample Plant (hedychium sp) – Try One Sample Plant And You’ll Be Hooked! One fresh butterfly ginger selected at random by vigor. This is a great low cost way to start your collection. Gingers are heavy feeders and grow at their optimum potential when fertilized regularly. Very tropical and easy to grow no patio should be without this exquisite tropical. Whether in ground or in a container it enjoys rich soil with plenty of moisture. Our Butterfly plants allow you to enjoy amazing colorful blooms in the first year or so. These seed grown gingers are very fast growing and should form a healthy stand in a year or two. (Bloom color will vary, these are seed grown plants from our over 40 variety private collection.Truly a great ginger plant! The growth rate of Butterfly will vary greatly depending on soil type, sunlight, temperature and other factors. A few leaves are often trimmed prior to shipping to reduce transpiration and travel stress. QUICK SPECS OUTDOOR Zone 7b-11 PATIO Zone 4a-11 SOIL TYPE Rich Moist % SUN 80-90% POT SIZE 2x2x7″ Deep INCLUDES One Plant GINGER CARE Gingers are easy to grow, flowering plants that produce lightly scented, waxy blooms throughout the summer. Ginger will grow happily and flower in a pot or in ground. They add a tropical accent to any outdoor space, garden or patio. In cooler zones a containerized Ginger can be relocated indoors for the winter months. When you receive your new Ginger, there is no need to worry about planting right away. Your new plant can be stored for a while by simply placing it in a bucket with about a half inch of water in the bottom and moving it to a shady location, simply keep moist. This will give you plenty of time to select the ideal location for your new Ginger. CONTAINER SIZE All Ginger varieties grow very well in containers, indoors or on the patio. This larger variety needs enough room for growth, generally a 24″ to a 36″ diameter, 20″ deep container will suffice. Remember the looser the roots, the taller and healthier your Ginger will be. When the plant becomes root bound its growth will slow, at that point it is time for a larger pot. SOIL Butterfly Ginger enjoy a well drained, general potting mix easily found at your local box store. Remember try to stay away from arid or wet, mucky soils. FERTILIZER To help establish your new Butterfly Ginger, fertilize sparingly ten inches away from the base, tri-annually with a slow time released product. Unfertilized they will tend to grow at a slower pace. Note: The heavy salts in cheaper fertilizers will damage the roots and possibly kill the plant. Its best to use a brand you know and trust. GROW ZONE & LIGHT Best outdoors if grown in zone 7b-11, find your zone here. This Ginger requires 80-90% sunlight. Depending on your location partial sun is often best. In the northern end of their grow zone Butterfly Ginger should be brought indoors or if this ginger is going to overwinter outdoors, at the northern end of its zone, properly cover with a layer of mulch so that the frost can not affect the in-ground rhizomes. The stems will completely freeze and return with fresh new growth in the spring. The patio zone is 4a-11 which means the potted plant will flourish over the summer months in colder zones but must be brought inside before winter. BEFORE YOU PLANT OUTDOORS At the nursery these Ginger are grown under 20-40% shade cloth. If you plant this Ginger in a brightly lit area you may experience leaf burn. It is best to acclimate this plant to its environment by keeping it outside and slowly moving it into a sunny area over a week or two to avoid stress before planting. WHAT IS THE SHIPPING SIZE All Butterfly Ginger for sale will vary in size. In the spring, plants are often smaller than plants shipped in the fall. Plants designated with a sku ending in -4, -6 or -8 will arrive in a standard 4 inch, 6 inch or 8 inch round growers pot respectively. Our new, reusable, recyclable deep plugs are 7 or 9 inches deep and 2 or 2.5 inches in width. Products growing in these pots are easy to transplant and allow for deeper roots and faster growth, they are designated with a sku ending in -7 or -9. (Note: The item sku number can be found just below the buy button.) The color and style of these pots may vary. If we are out of a particular size item, we may ship a larger size at no additional charge. For more information, click the “best packaging” link at the bottom of this page. Note: Before leaving, Ginger are inspected, watered, and pruned. Larger plants, generally those that ship in 8″ pots, will be topped to 36″ or 48″ overall, depending on the variety, if necessary, to facilitate shipping. Your new plants’ pot is then bagged to ensure that the soil stays in the pot and not loose in the box. Plants are tissue or kraft paper wrapped and generally secured in place with natural biodegradable peanuts. You may want to order your Butterfly Ginger Plant online now while they are in stock, supplies are limited. Zone.7b Zone.8a Zone.8b Zone.9a Zone.9b Zone.10a Zone.10b Zone.11a Zone.11b
