Hedychium ‘Taraissima’
Hedychium 'Taraissima' is a hardy ginger with bright orange, tropical, fragrant flowers.
Bright orange, fragrant, tropical flowers on short plants to about three feet provide a tropical foliage look through spring and summer followed by the tropical flowers in late summer and fall. Mulch with fallen leaves in winter. In colder regions grow in a pot or store in dry peat moss and keep above zero.
Common Name: Hardy Ginger
Family: Zingiberaceae (The Ginger Family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-10
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Orange
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Moist places and on forest edges.
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