Curcuma Aussie Gem
This native flowering curcuma is bright and fun, gifting you with hot pink flowers, edged with purple that fluctuate green toward the stem. The bright pink bracts bloom in the summer and autumn months with yellow day flowers peeking through and brightening this beauty even more like rays of sunshine. These unique flowers grow shorter amid the long and luscious foliage making this variety of ginger all the more unique.
PLANT ME
In a pot or in the ground. In a rich, well draining soil.
KEEP ME IN
Somewhere with a good amount of natural light.
PUT ME OUT
In a warm, sheltered spot.
WATER ME
Daily during warm months when I have leaves and flowers. Not at all when I’m dormant and have lost my leaves.
FEED ME
A good, balanced slow release or organic fertiliser.
I LIKE
To be left to shed my leaves at the end of the season. Please don’t pull them off as you may damage my rhizome (root / bulb). Some mulch to help me regulate my temperature and water.
MY FLOWERS
Grow bright pink amid my foliage and sit lower than the luscious foliage. Flowers last on the plant for up to three makes and are excellent cut for in a vase or bouquet.
NOTES
My rhizome can be harvested and stored somewhere warm, dark and dry for future propagation. I’m part of the Ginger family – similar to the type we eat and have a rhizome that looks and smells similar.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Ornamental Ginger, Flowering Ginger
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