Comments on: Where has the autumn gone? http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/where-has-the-autumn-gone/ A subtropical garden in a temperate climate that defies being in a city. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:04 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/where-has-the-autumn-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Will Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:44:12 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=403#comment-151 Rob – I would also like an exotic holiday right now, though I will be leading a tour around the Caribbean with Matt Biggs (Gardeners Question Time) next November. Brrr... It is certainly cold here with snow predicted tonight. Andrew - although many gingers are quite hardy and flower well from the ground, some like Hedychium gardnerianum and Hedychium wardii tend to be very late flowering, so these I bring in and plant out again the following May to guarantee big plants with large flowers, especially if fed well with manure, chicken pellets or blood fish and bone. If left in the ground though, I would definitely recommend a deep mulch of leaves or straw to stave off the worst of the winter weather. Rob – I would also like an exotic holiday right now, though I will be leading a tour around the Caribbean with Matt Biggs (Gardeners Question Time) next November. Brrr… It is certainly cold here with snow predicted tonight.

Andrew – although many gingers are quite hardy and flower well from the ground, some like Hedychium gardnerianum and Hedychium wardii tend to be very late flowering, so these I bring in and plant out again the following May to guarantee big plants with large flowers, especially if fed well with manure, chicken pellets or blood fish and bone. If left in the ground though, I would definitely recommend a deep mulch of leaves or straw to stave off the worst of the winter weather.

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/where-has-the-autumn-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Andrew Smith Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:14 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=403#comment-150 Nice to get a winter update. Which tender gingers have you taken under cover? Unfortunately I have no greenhouse, and no space for a polytunnel so all my Gingers and Cannas are going to have to cope in the garden - poor things!!!!! Except I have dug up my Canna Musiflora and my red/purple leafed banana. They are living in our spare bedroom over winter!!! The Canna has even grown 2 new stems and has 4 giant leaves on each stem. It is doing better in the bedroom than it did in the garden through the summer!! I have not even given it much water!!!! Nice to get a winter update. Which tender gingers have you taken under cover? Unfortunately I have no greenhouse, and no space for a polytunnel so all my Gingers and Cannas are going to have to cope in the garden – poor things!!!!! Except I have dug up my Canna Musiflora and my red/purple leafed banana. They are living in our spare bedroom over winter!!! The Canna has even grown 2 new stems and has 4 giant leaves on each stem. It is doing better in the bedroom than it did in the garden through the summer!! I have not even given it much water!!!!

]]> By: Rob http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/where-has-the-autumn-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Rob Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:35:23 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=403#comment-149 Thanks for the mention, Will! I hope you're coping okay so far this winter. It's been mild until now, but you didn't cave in to booking an exotic holiday? A nice holiday somewhere hot would go down a treat for me about now... I can only imagine the expressions on the BT technicians' faces when they saw your garden - they look very happy in the picture! Thanks for the mention, Will!

I hope you’re coping okay so far this winter. It’s been mild until now, but you didn’t cave in to booking an exotic holiday? A nice holiday somewhere hot would go down a treat for me about now…

I can only imagine the expressions on the BT technicians’ faces when they saw your garden – they look very happy in the picture!

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