Thanks for the comment. Its not frost hardy but can take low temperatures if the soil is relatively dry. You could try growing it outside and plant on a layer of sand or grit to give really good drainage. Then dig up half of the plant in the fall and take inside for the winter as an insurance and then heavily mulch the other half that is left in the soil. You might get lucky and the tubers survive and regrow in the spring. It has a tuber just like the ginger we eat so its easy to dig up the tubers. You could take a piece indoors in winter with some leaves and place in a pot on a windowsill for the winter. Or cut off all the leaves and store the tubers overwinter in some dry peat and replant in the spring. Its a worth a try! Goodluck!
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Great video! Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
the roots from the ginger I have in ground are huge thick difficult to dig out. I just stick the entire plant or I think Rhizome in pot.
thank you!
You're welcome!
I heard it's a perennial so like does it die and grow back? like outside in northern united states??
Thanks for the comment. Its not frost hardy but can take low temperatures if the soil is relatively dry. You could try growing it outside and plant on a layer of sand or grit to give really good drainage. Then dig up half of the plant in the fall and take inside for the winter as an insurance and then heavily mulch the other half that is left in the soil. You might get lucky and the tubers survive and regrow in the spring. It has a tuber just like the ginger we eat so its easy to dig up the tubers. You could take a piece indoors in winter with some leaves and place in a pot on a windowsill for the winter. Or cut off all the leaves and store the tubers overwinter in some dry peat and replant in the spring. Its a worth a try! Goodluck!
It looks like a calathea pilosa am I right?
It does look quite similar to a Calathea (Ctenanthe) pilosa but this one is Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata'.