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Hedychium gardenarianum‘Kahili Ginger’ or the ‘Giant Butterfly Ginger Lily’. Most cold hardy of the Ginger lilies, and easily cultivated. The yellow flowers with attractive red filaments are delightfully perfumed and borne on spikes 30-45 cm. high. Canes are 1-1.5m. high with long leaves that are powdery white beneath when young.
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Earlier known as Lilium giganteum. This is probably the most magnificent plant from the Himalayan Region. The flower stems of this majestic plant is cut and united using it as a pipe to carry water in the villages. They have gigantic heart shaped leaves with a metallic sheen and grow upto 50 cm long. The tall. thick spikes produce numerous pure white flowers with purplish-maroon throat each measuring 15-18 cm long . A highly recommended, cold hardy garden plant. Excellent woodland planting material for cold areas.
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Hedychium densiflorum
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Roscoea cultivation
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Achimenes Snow PrincessFlowers 5cm dia on 25 cm plants. Pure white in great profusion.
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Zephyranthus citrina(Zephyranthus sulphuria): Lime yellow flowers.10-15 cm high. The Zephyranthus are called Indian Crocus or Rain Lilies because of their habit of flowering following the fall rains in their native habitat. Spring flowering, beautify your garden by planting them in mass. Also makes very good pot plants
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Paris polyphyllaThis rhizomatic plant produces stems over 1 ft tall in spring which turns into whorls of beautiful thick leaves on top of which the flower opens. When the seed pod is mature in winter it splits open revealing bright red seeds. Unusual and ornamental. Cold hardy.
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Clivi miniata Yellow
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Hemanthus multiflorus(Haemanthus multiflorus). Also known as ‘Football Lily’. Produces numerous blood red flowers in shape and almost the size of a football. Flowers come first and the leaves appear later. Good for pot-plants and gardens. A real treat for the eyes when flowering in mass.
Oct 12, 2009
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Zephyranthus citrina(Zephyranthus sulphuria): Lime yellow flowers.10-15 cm high. The Zephyranthus are called Indian Crocus or Rain Lilies because of their habit of flowering following the fall rains in their native habitat. Spring flowering, beautify your garden by planting them in mass. Also makes very good pot plants Oct 12, 2009
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Zephyranthus roseaRose pink flowers. 10 -15 cm high. The Zephyranthus are called Indian Crocus or Rain Lilies because of their habit of flowering following the fall rains in their native habitat. Spring flowering, beautify your garden by planting them in mass. Also makes very good pot plants Oct 12, 2009
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Hippestrelia Durga PradhanWay back in the 1960s Mr. Udai C. Pradhan (Research Partner of our Company) , made a bigeneric hybrid between Hippeastrum species x Sprekelia formosissima (Also known as Orchid Amaryllis or Aztec Lily) and named the plant after one of his late grandfather, Durga Shamsher Pradhan, founder of the Chandra Nursery in Sikkim. The hybrid turned out to be an intermediate between the two parents in every respect and inherited the orchid-look of its pollen parent. H. Durga Pradhan makes excellent pot-plant and when grown outdoors in milder climates.Oct 12, 2009
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Lycoris radiata4-6, deep red flowers borne on stems that are 50 -60cm long. Flowers during summers and the long lasting flowers. good for cut flowers.
Oct 12, 2009
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Manihot esculenta VareigataDuring dormancy this beautifully variegated form of the common cassava or tapioca plant produces thick tuberous roots which is edible. The plant grows upto 5 meters tall. This variegated form has showy decorative leaves with red petioles. Adds colour to your garden.
Oct 12, 2009
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(Star-of-Bethlehem) Long lasting cluster of white flowers which flowers successively for several weeks, borne on stems over 25 cm tall. Good for bedding, pot plant or cut flowers. Cold tolerant and blooms in late spring/summer.
Oct 12, 2009
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canna trinervia Nirvana VareigataVery large golden yellow flowers on plants with with variegated leaves.
Oct 12, 2009
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