Botanical Name: Hedychium coronarium
Common Name: White ginger, Butterfly lily
Type of Plant: monocot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape clumping, upright plant with broad, tropical-looking foliage on thick stems; white fragrant flowers sit atop stems in warm season
Height to 8 feet
Spread 5 feet
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial shade preferred – benefits from a protected location
Soil prefers a soil with generous amounts of organic matter
Hardiness Some frost – Zones 8,9, 14-17, 19-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves broad, parallel-veined leaves with a prominent midrib; to 2' long, 5" wide, arranged alternately along stem
Flowers white, fragrant flowers on terminal spikes to 1' long; flowers to 4" across, sometimes tinged yellow in lower lobes
Fruit 3-valved capsule
 
Propagation:
division
 
Usage:
tropical filler for fragrant flowers, large containers, near pools, in atrium gardens; plants will spread into large areas if uncontained
 
Landscape Care:
Watering need generous watering – looks poor when allowed to dry out
Fertilizing slow release feeding in spring to increase growth
Pruning remove dead stems and flowers; control spreading stems
Pests/Diseases none significant
Special Conditions/Other plants will die back to ground after frost, resprout in spring
 
Origin: Tropical Asia
Family: Zingiberaceae

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