Curcuma
Hidden lily, Hidden ginger
- Height × spread
- 0.6m – 1.2m × 0.3m – 2m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
An exotic flowering houseplant, a member of the ginger family. (The root of a relative of this houseplant is used to create the spice turmeric). From a mass of lance-shaped green leaves rises a thick stem, topped by a magnificent flower in red or purple. Typically they grow to a height/spread of 1m x 0.5m. It's a stunning feature plant for a well-lit room, also a superb gift idea.
- Flower colour
- Purple, Red, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 0.6m – 1.2m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Indoors, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Winter
Winter-Spring · Planting
Tidy during dormancy
When the plant is dormant, it can be tidied by cutting off untidy or dead foliage.
Planting & general
Outdoors
Feed & mulch some rose varieties differently
To keep roses healthy and produce more flowers, feed during the growing season before and after flowering. Roses in containers should be fed more often than those planted in the ground, every two weeks from mid spring to late summer. Adding a mulch around the base of a rose will trap moisture and enrich the soil as it biodegrades.
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