Still on vacation but almost forgot to release this video I filmed during that hour long vlog a couple of weeks ago. Hope everyone is well! Keep on growin!
i drove past a plant sale this morning. I got 6 of these (about 4 feet tall in 3 gallon pots) for $1 a piece! I have never seen them before, so I cannot thank you enough for this sweet short and to the point vid. Excellent! literally everything i had questions about you answered.
I love shell ginger. We grow lots of these here in Pensacola Fl. One of my top 5 tropical looking plants. Just have to be careful on how much sun it gets down here it burns up on 6+ hours per day
These things, left to their own... spread like crazy! Down here in the Tampa-St. Pete area, you almost have to beat them back with a machete! I love them!
I just bought this plant yesterday! I will be growing it as a house plant as I live in Illinois. It didn't come with any care tips, so this video was PERFECT timing for me! Thanks!
Growing my plant zone 4, 15th year with the same plant. I love it. I'm trying to cut back the plant and letting it go dormant during the winter in the basement, watering lightly once a month.
So nice that you remembered to post this while on vacation. Not sure that I would have done that! LOL Good plants for south FL. Hope you are enjoying your time on vacation.
Oh the videos I recorded to edit and release from vacation were very simple ones. I enjoy the editing also so it's fun for me when I have the free time. Thank you! Love love love florida vacations!
I’ve got one I’m rehabbing. I got it from Lowe’s for 3$ half dead so I brought it home, cut back, and repotted. I put it out by my front door and it’s kinda ugly and leggy atm but hopefully it will grow big! I want a tropical feel on my front patio :)
Tropical Plant Party Yes they are And I especially love being connected to your channel as your passion for gardening and the art of keeping plants in doors is informative & infectious. Thank you. I actually moved mines to a sunnier location (in my home of course) after viewing your video and plan to repot her soon🤗🤗💕
Yes! Now I know exactly what I need to do to mine. It has outgrown its pot and I’m going to divide it and try to winter it over inside. Thanks for the knowledge and tips.
I do too. I love it in doors and won’t subject mines to the brutal New Jersey winters nor do I wish to lug it outside each year... minimum growth is fine and pleasing to me.
Hey stranger! We just got back from London and Paris. We had a blast but there is really nothing like home. The ginger is a beautiful plant. I think I need one.
I live in 9a Louisiana, and they love it here. They perform way better in full sun than they do in shade. They die back during hard winters, but I got blooms this year as they didn’t die back. They don’t spread bad in my opinion, but they will grow very tall and bushy. I’ve seen them here as tall as 6 feet.
I just learned this the hard way this week! I planted Jasmine in a pot with narrow opening and it was so hard to pull it out of the pot. I ended up breaking the pot to get the plant out 🙄😅😏🙃
That ginger variety that I planted last year did not come back up this year and it was a pretty mild winter, so I planted those pineapple lilies there! I hope they will over winter better! fingers crossed! great video!
Thank you denise! Oh pineapple lilies should overwinter no problem in your area. Mine come back bigger and stronger every year here in my zone 6 garden.
I have a triostar and divided it for an employee. On both mine and hers, the leaves curled and stayed that way. Then I got a verigated and did the same thing. Divided it and it's almost a week later and it now starting to trust me. 😂 So temperamental
Gorgeous ginger plant, way too big for my tiny house, and I live in a zone 5 and it would not survive where I live, so I will admire it from my plant friends that can grow it outside. Sounds like you are having a great time on your vacation, where did you go? Great video, had a good giggle and enjoyed myself, See you soon Jeff!
Thank you, holly! The area is between rosemary beach and seaside florida. Northern florida but it is close to family so was the most convenient location. .. very very pretty!
@@TropicalPlantParty Awesome, I have a step daughter and son in law that is stationed in Florida, pretty soon they are moving to Montana where he gets relocated, Florida has a lot of beautiful places to vacation at. Have fun see you soon.
Love this plant!! I finally scored one last week after hunting for it for over a year. I’m in zone 6 Pennsylvania, so it’ll be coming inside for the winter with the rest of my crazy jungle. I noticed that the leaves really curl up midday in the sun. They’re well watered.. and the leaves aren’t curled in the morning or evening. I’m contemplating moving it into a dappled shade area. I’m really hoping for flowers though. Do you know if it will flower in dappled shade or does it need full sun to bloom? Thanks for the great video! Love all your vids!
Thank you! I agree, potted shell gingers don't like the afternoon sun like the ones in the ground down south. I have had them bloom for me in the filtered light but it wasn't a heavy set or blooms, just a few here and there, but that's how they typically always flower for me....when they flower for me.
💚 Glad to see a new plant! No experience with it. My Aloe Vera plant project is harvesting my first gel, didn't mean to but dropped a couple pounds of bananas on it and it broke the biggest leaf so had to harvest the gel to save it. It is growing beautifully, I hope it continues. I do wonder about reportting an injured plant though, I was thinking I should change the pot. Any experience with an injured plant?
@@TropicalPlantParty 💌Thank you! Yes it was growing well so will do, it has a new leaf coming up and looks good. I was planning on reporting it but I got potting mix for Garden vegetables and herbs, not sure if it is the best kind for Aloe Vera, it makes me wonder? I was reading about Aloe Vera being an herb alternativa-za-vas.com/en/index.php/clanak/article/a-brief-history-of-aloe-vera
If you live in warm parts of zone 8 they can go into the ground as a perennial. Otherwise they need to be lifted and brought inside during the cold months.
hello! Alpinias like a lot of humid warmth and moisture. Usually browning is due to dryness or too much light, same thing with curling leaves. Make sure it's hydrated and not getting too much direct light. If you don't think those things are the problem, then perhaps it is too wet and the temps are not warm enough. I know, those answers are all kind of opposite of each-other, but it is a process of elimination when dealing with curling leaves.
8-10 feet? I'd like to know where the heck that happens, I've never seen one that big. They don't grow so invasively here as some of the others (like Zingiber zerumbet, Pinecone Ginger), pretty easy to manage their size and spread.
I have been doing so much research to save my ginger so sad. I’m in Canada. Indoor plant obviously. Browning edges I am wondering if it’s just going dormant and nothing to stop it. Sadness. Cold sadness.
Hi, I'm new here. Bought mine about 2 weeks ago and I've repotted it. I'm concerned because it's getting a little brown on the leaves and I'm tempted to cutting those parts off but don't want to kill it. I'm in East TN. What do you recommend?
Thanks for the info! Zone 9a (Houston), just bought one of these beauties. The best location I have for it gets a lot of wind. (Backyard faces a lake with strong south winds) Will that be OK? Also, what to do with the container when it's 80 during the day and 40 at night? Should I drag it in and out of the garage like I do with the neem tree? Don't really have a sunny space for it indoors. 🪴
Still on vacation but almost forgot to release this video I filmed during that hour long vlog a couple of weeks ago. Hope everyone is well! Keep on growin!
it was so cool to get this video I miss you :)
i drove past a plant sale this morning. I got 6 of these (about 4 feet tall in 3 gallon pots) for $1 a piece! I have never seen them before, so I cannot thank you enough for this sweet short and to the point vid. Excellent! literally everything i had questions about you answered.
I don't think I've ever subscribed to anyone's channel so quickly. I saw that pupper and it was game over
I love shell ginger. We grow lots of these here in Pensacola Fl. One of my top 5 tropical looking plants. Just have to be careful on how much sun it gets down here it burns up on 6+ hours per day
These things, left to their own... spread like crazy! Down here in the Tampa-St. Pete area, you almost have to beat them back with a machete! I love them!
yes, they are beautiful in the landscape.
I just bought this plant yesterday! I will be growing it as a house plant as I live in Illinois. It didn't come with any care tips, so this video was PERFECT timing for me! Thanks!
Awesome! Congrats on your new plant baby!
Hope you're having a great time, thanks for leaving us something to look at so we dont miss ya too much ❤❤❤❤
Haha! Thank you! I'm feeling refreshed and relaxed and ready to get back to planting!
Hi Jeff! Hope you're still having a great vacation! Can't wait for your next video. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! Nothing like a nice long vacation!
That one is so gorgeous 😍
Growing my plant zone 4, 15th year with the same plant. I love it. I'm trying to cut back the plant and letting it go dormant during the winter in the basement, watering lightly once a month.
So nice that you remembered to post this while on vacation. Not sure that I would have done that! LOL Good plants for south FL. Hope you are enjoying your time on vacation.
Oh the videos I recorded to edit and release from vacation were very simple ones. I enjoy the editing also so it's fun for me when I have the free time. Thank you! Love love love florida vacations!
I’ve got one I’m rehabbing. I got it from Lowe’s for 3$ half dead so I brought it home, cut back, and repotted. I put it out by my front door and it’s kinda ugly and leggy atm but hopefully it will grow big! I want a tropical feel on my front patio :)
I have one, in the home and I never knew they flowered. I love my ginger. Thanks for the video. ❤️
Thank you! They are lovely aren't they!?
Tropical Plant Party Yes they are And I especially love being connected to your channel as your passion for gardening and the art of keeping plants in doors is informative & infectious. Thank you. I actually moved mines to a sunnier location (in my home of course) after viewing your video and plan to repot her soon🤗🤗💕
I am in San Antonio TX hunting these down at the local plant stores. They have them all over here and they are truly beautiful.
Yes! Now I know exactly what I need to do to mine. It has outgrown its pot and I’m going to divide it and try to winter it over inside. Thanks for the knowledge and tips.
Haha! Glad I could help! A good dividing can make a world of difference!
I just looked up ginger plant care bc I’m buying one today & you’re the first vid to pop up. I love watching your videos I can’t stop lol.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN😭🪴🌟✨
I grow this guy as an indoor plant!
Hope your vacation is going well x
Thank you!
I do too. I love it in doors and won’t subject mines to the brutal New Jersey winters nor do I wish to lug it outside each year... minimum growth is fine and pleasing to me.
can’t wait to see this one flower 🌺
Me too!
That variegation is very gorgeous! I hope they do manage to bloom this year, those look so neat
They are very interesting plants. Fingers crossed for flowers this summer!
Hey stranger! We just got back from London and Paris. We had a blast but there is really nothing like home. The ginger is a beautiful plant. I think I need one.
How fun! I just got home from a vacation also... ready to go back already!
I live in 9a Louisiana, and they love it here. They perform way better in full sun than they do in shade. They die back during hard winters, but I got blooms this year as they didn’t die back. They don’t spread bad in my opinion, but they will grow very tall and bushy. I’ve seen them here as tall as 6 feet.
Awesome! It is so weird that further north up in St. Louis they just scorch and fry in full sun for me.
I have a ginner
she big girl
In Wales she keep indoors
One of my favourite plants 🙂
Our local Lowe's(zone 8b) got these in yesterday and I wanted to get one. But now I know I have to go back!
I just learned this the hard way this week! I planted Jasmine in a pot with narrow opening and it was so hard to pull it out of the pot. I ended up breaking the pot to get the plant out 🙄😅😏🙃
😆 have been in that situation more times than I'd like to admit!
That ginger variety that I planted last year did not come back up this year and it was a pretty mild winter, so I planted those pineapple lilies there! I hope they will over winter better! fingers crossed! great video!
Thank you denise! Oh pineapple lilies should overwinter no problem in your area. Mine come back bigger and stronger every year here in my zone 6 garden.
@@TropicalPlantParty Thats great to hear!
I have a triostar and divided it for an employee. On both mine and hers, the leaves curled and stayed that way.
Then I got a verigated and did the same thing. Divided it and it's almost a week later and it now starting to trust me. 😂 So temperamental
Now I want to go to a nursery and buy one👍
Go for it! Lol... I'm a bad influence.
Thanks for the info! I've been wanting one, but I hadn't researched it. Love and Peace. :)
Thank you! They are pretty simple plants, well worth giving a try!
I have some ginger and love it! And being in Louisiana if its planted in the ground it will spread like a weed! I have mine in pots. 😋
I got 6 of these this summer for free from
Someone who just didn’t want it and I loveee!
Gorgeous ginger plant, way too big for my tiny house, and I live in a zone 5 and it would not survive where I live, so I will admire it from my plant friends that can grow it outside. Sounds like you are having a great time on your vacation, where did you go? Great video, had a good giggle and enjoyed myself, See you soon Jeff!
Thank you, holly! The area is between rosemary beach and seaside florida. Northern florida but it is close to family so was the most convenient location. .. very very pretty!
@@TropicalPlantParty Awesome, I have a step daughter and son in law that is stationed in Florida, pretty soon they are moving to Montana where he gets relocated, Florida has a lot of beautiful places to vacation at. Have fun see you soon.
Cool plant d:❤💞.
Love the flowers :O❤💕!!!
Love them!
Can't wait for some flowers!
Love this plant!! I finally scored one last week after hunting for it for over a year. I’m in zone 6 Pennsylvania, so it’ll be coming inside for the winter with the rest of my crazy jungle. I noticed that the leaves really curl up midday in the sun. They’re well watered.. and the leaves aren’t curled in the morning or evening. I’m contemplating moving it into a dappled shade area. I’m really hoping for flowers though. Do you know if it will flower in dappled shade or does it need full sun to bloom? Thanks for the great video! Love all your vids!
Thank you! I agree, potted shell gingers don't like the afternoon sun like the ones in the ground down south. I have had them bloom for me in the filtered light but it wasn't a heavy set or blooms, just a few here and there, but that's how they typically always flower for me....when they flower for me.
💚 Glad to see a new plant! No experience with it. My Aloe Vera plant project is harvesting my first gel, didn't mean to but dropped a couple pounds of bananas on it and it broke the biggest leaf so had to harvest the gel to save it. It is growing beautifully, I hope it continues. I do wonder about reportting an injured plant though, I was thinking I should change the pot. Any experience with an injured plant?
Hello! If the plant was growing well before the banana incident then I would just leave it be until it pushes out a few new leaves. Just to be safe. 😁
@@TropicalPlantParty 💌Thank you! Yes it was growing well so will do, it has a new leaf coming up and looks good. I was planning on reporting it but I got potting mix for Garden vegetables and herbs, not sure if it is the best kind for Aloe Vera, it makes me wonder? I was reading about Aloe Vera being an herb
alternativa-za-vas.com/en/index.php/clanak/article/a-brief-history-of-aloe-vera
Love your videos. Where can I find the variegated ginger? Thanks! Hope you're having a blast!
Thank you! I see them a lot of places. Lowes and home depot even get them in from time to time. You can also get rhizomes online for fairly cheap.
I just bought one I’m looking forward to putting it in my yard. Do they do ok in full sun?
I just bought one! So pretty! Zone 8b, plant in ground or pot up? Central Texas 😎
So I just planted her, love the aroma! Now I gotta get more and pot up for the patio! Your fault! Haha!
I'm waiting mine to bloom.
What does it mean when the leaves curl in?
I transplanted separated ginger and they look terrible. What do i do now ?
It was a beautiful plant before separated and repotted it. Help
Hi Jeff! Can I repot this plant in my garden?
If you live in warm parts of zone 8 they can go into the ground as a perennial. Otherwise they need to be lifted and brought inside during the cold months.
Thank you!
Hi! Great video! I just got one in the mail 2 days it's perfect, day 3 its curling and getting brown holes, help please
hello! Alpinias like a lot of humid warmth and moisture. Usually browning is due to dryness or too much light, same thing with curling leaves. Make sure it's hydrated and not getting too much direct light. If you don't think those things are the problem, then perhaps it is too wet and the temps are not warm enough. I know, those answers are all kind of opposite of each-other, but it is a process of elimination when dealing with curling leaves.
Do the leaves of this ginger have a scent?
8-10 feet? I'd like to know where the heck that happens, I've never seen one that big. They don't grow so invasively here as some of the others (like Zingiber zerumbet, Pinecone Ginger), pretty easy to manage their size and spread.
They have them at my botanical around that size. ... indoors with no weather to bring them down.
Also... that's what she said 🤣😂
I have been doing so much research to save my ginger so sad. I’m in Canada. Indoor plant obviously. Browning edges I am wondering if it’s just going dormant and nothing to stop it. Sadness. Cold sadness.
Hi, I'm new here. Bought mine about 2 weeks ago and I've repotted it. I'm concerned because it's getting a little brown on the leaves and I'm tempted to cutting those parts off but don't want to kill it. I'm in East TN. What do you recommend?
Getting hot! 90s-100s ahh!
About time! Yay! ... jk. . 100 is too hot!
Why are my flowers not right?
Why cant you grow yhem from cuttings?
but my alpinia is not growing fast why
Thanks for the info! Zone 9a (Houston), just bought one of these beauties. The best location I have for it gets a lot of wind. (Backyard faces a lake with strong south winds) Will that be OK? Also, what to do with the container when it's 80 during the day and 40 at night? Should I drag it in and out of the garage like I do with the neem tree? Don't really have a sunny space for it indoors. 🪴