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butterfly ginger in pond
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Posted by sandy0225 z5 Indiana (sandy02256@yahoo.com) on Wed, Jun 27, 07 at 20:52
I got tired of watering a butterfly ginger plant, it was super rootbound-- so I put it in the pond. It seems pretty happy there, except that it keeps getting blown over by high winds. It's been so windy here this year!
Has anyone ever grown them this way? would it possibly be hardy if I dropped it to the bottom of the pond? I've heard of cannas making it overwinter here in Indiana that way.
Sincerely
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RE: butterfly ginger in pond
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| I have allot of butterfly ginger, it's flowering well right now. I didn't know you could grow it in water, hmm I might have to try that. I've tried elephant ear/taro in water but it died. |
RE: butterfly ginger in pond
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| so far it seems to be doing just fine. It's still gotten blown over in the wind a few times. I have a couple of black magic elephant ears in the pond, too. |
RE: butterfly ginger in pond
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| That ginger kept blowing over, so I pulled it out and repotted and divided it. I now have six gallon pots of white butterfly ginger. It's not bloomed, but it looks really pretty and lush. I guess I'll put one piece back in the pond and see if it overwinters there. |
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