The heat of summer lengthens like it is stretching out on the divan and the Ginger Lilies say; "bring it on". Or maybe it is the intensifying song of summer insects that push the tubular buds out of their torches to spice up the evening with their fragrance. They announce their arrival with fluttering fanfare.
Butterfly Ginger is another fitting moniker but I want to up the ante with the white ones and call them Faerie Ginger. I have so far hunted down 3 different colors to grace the garden and each one is a favorite.
Not many people are familiar with the scent of Ginger Lilies, outside a little brown bottle, and they are as different as a caterpillar and a butterfly. Ginger Lilies enfleurage better than they distill but just to have them in the garden can and should be enough.
They can be grown up to zone 6 with good winter mulching.
Butterfly Ginger is another fitting moniker but I want to up the ante with the white ones and call them Faerie Ginger. I have so far hunted down 3 different colors to grace the garden and each one is a favorite.
Not many people are familiar with the scent of Ginger Lilies, outside a little brown bottle, and they are as different as a caterpillar and a butterfly. Ginger Lilies enfleurage better than they distill but just to have them in the garden can and should be enough.
They can be grown up to zone 6 with good winter mulching.
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