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Brand: The Plantsman's PreferenceFamily: ZingiberaceaeMain Season: AutumnFlower Colour: OrangeLeaf Colour: GreenFoliage: DeciduousPosition: ShadeSoil Type: Ordinary, medium loamHeight: 1.2m to 1.8m (4' to 6')Peat Free? YesHardiness Guide: RHS H4 minimum -5C to -10CPot Size: 1.4L
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AGM Impressive tropical looking stems clad with braod leaves and topped with large spikes of glowing orange from in August-September to 1.5-1.8m. Good soil in part shade.
Usually one of the earliest to flower here and hardy with a mulch in most gardens.
The best place to plant will depend very much on where you are in the country. I'd say; east and south it needs some shade, west and north it needs mostly sun!
Collected by Tony Schilling on the edge of the Kathmandu Valley, 1972.
Hedychium densiflorum 'Assam Orange'£9.50
Showy narrow spikes of tangerine orange flowers to 1.5m on this very hardy ginger (with a mulch at least). Probably the best one to start with. Part/light shade.