Anticipation
This is exciting! I have wanted an orange ginger lily for as long as I can remember. I tried growing it in Alabama and never got a bloom. I do have a white ginger ( Hedychium spicatum ) that has had a few blooms. A few years ago, someone told me that 'Tara' is the only one that will reliably bloom here. I don't know if that it true but I finally got one this year (thank you Dancing Oaks!). Planted in April next to our South foundation and given ample water, I can hardly believe it, but it looks like a bloom is imminent - in its first year! I'm holding my breath... Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
When I was a small child, my grandmother had one in her garden. I was fascinated with the golden carnation like flowers. So of course, when I started gardening, I had to have one. Unfortunately, I'm on the edge of it's zone, and most years the branches don't make it through the winter, even though it regrows from the base. So no flowers since it blooms on old wood. But I keep trying and this year due to the mild winter we had, it is nice and green and I should get a bounty of flowers for once. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh I want one.
ReplyDeleteKerria is so beautiful right now and your photo is stunning. I just don't have the right spot to grow it.
ReplyDeleteI have this beauty too. I think once it is established you can't kill it and as you say it is so reliable. Mine blooms profusely during the early spring. After that it blooms sporatically until frost I almost always have a few blooms to add to an arrangement.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. When we were kids we had an almond bush. I just loved the pink rose like flowers. I now have a couple and saved a bridal wreath spirea from an old home site. I need to add this to my have list. Mary
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous shrub! I like that yours is planted in front of a dark fence, better to show off the lovely blooms.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Kerria fan too. Yours looks totally happy!
ReplyDeleteI have this shrub and love it....and wish that it were more commercially available. It's so much nicer in the garden that forsythia!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and great photos too. :)
ReplyDeleteI love it. Looks orange-ier than I expect when I think of Kerria.
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