Can a white butterfly ginger lily be grown indoors?

Question

If not, will it be able to make it outside in northern Europe? Maybe outside in the summer and in a greenhouse in the winter?

Answer 1

The white butterfly ginger lily  or white garland-lily is a bit large for indoors ( 2 to 6 feet tall ).

It is more cold hardy than the most gingers,  It tolerates an occasional light freeze but can't stand temperatures below zero for a longer time; it should be grown in cold green houses or at least in a windprotected place with well covered rhizomes; when risk of late freezings has gone by you can place them outside or remove the protections.

Another possibility is to dig up the rhizomes to overwinter, like the tubers of Dahlia f.e. and replant them in spring.

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http://www.floridata.com/ref/H/hedyc.cfm

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