The ginger lily needs fertilizer once a week. A balanced fertilizer such as 6-6-6, 10-10-10 or 12-12 -12 is needed. Use pine needles or bark as mulch and divide ginger lily in spring or late winter when the plants begin to look old or the flowering is sparse.
To divide simply dig up and cut rhizome and replant.1
These estimates for how long Ginger lily takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average 156 days | Min 131 days | Max 194 days (2)
Hedychium coronarium is the national flower of Cuba where it is known as mariposa because of its shape.2
White garland-lily, White butterfly ginger lily, Garland flower
Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig