Hi Ken, Do they get enough light? They may need full sun in your area. Perhaps you could store them in a more frost free place for the winter and move them out in the spring. It seems a shame to give up on such a lovely plant. Five gallons does seem a bit on the small side. I have one small group of Hedychium gardenarium almost breaking out of a 15" x 15" x 15" container flowering now well ahead of one group in the ground that is just showing buds. All are about 5 feet tall give or take a foot or 2. Some others (perhaps hybrids) in the ground in a shadier and drier spot are almost finished blooming. I can't figure out why the strange blooming order. None of them dies down in the winter. I cut them back somewhat. Liz Boyce Tankersley wrote: >Hi Ken: > >I've not had any luck flowering Hedychium in containers. Last time I saw them flower well was in Galveston where they were very late fall bloomers. > >Boyce > > > It freezes down in the fall, starts growth relatively late in the >spring, then grows quickly to about three feet tall, and stops. Eventually >it starts new shoots from the base, which may get to full height before >freezing, or may not. Right now, in mid August, it has about 6-8 sprouts >coming from the base, perhaps 6" long/tall. It seems unlikely it will >flower this year either. For the last 3-4 years it has been in a large >(5 gallon) pot, so it can get an earlier start in the spring and not freeze >down so early in the fall, but that hasn't helped. It also has a pan under >the pot, so it isn't stressed for water > Unless someone has some helpful suggestions, this probably will >be the last year for this plant here. I doubt that I will try different >Hedychiums >in the future, given the lack of success with this one. > >Ken Z7 Oregon > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > >