{"id":12550,"date":"2025-04-01T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/what-compost-to-use-for-himalayan-lily\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:21:45","slug":"what-compost-to-use-for-himalayan-lily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/what-compost-to-use-for-himalayan-lily\/","title":{"rendered":"What compost to use for Ginger Lily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by <span class=\"hubmaster_faq_author\"><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Simon<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"hubmaster_faq_blockquote\"><p>I&#8217;ve just ordered a ginger lily from you what is the best compost to use please?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"hubmaster_faq_answer\">Hi Simon,<\/p>\n<p class=\"hubmaster_faq_answer\">Any good quality multipurpose compost is fine for potting your Ginger Lily in.<\/p>\n<p>You can find further planting advice below:<\/p>\n<p>Hedychium gardnerianum rhizomes can be started off indoors\u00a0in pots\u00a0(a greenhouse or conservatory is ideal), they can then be\u00a0planted out when risk of frost has passed. Alternatively, you can plant them straight outside directly into the ground from around late May.<\/p>\n<h3>Planting Hedychium Gardnerianum in pots<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant your rhizomes\/tubers so that the rhizome is horizontal (on its side) with any visible shoots pointing upwards and is only half covered with soil.<\/li>\n<li>Use a large pot, layering pot with shards or clay pellets on the bottom for drainage and weight.<\/li>\n<li>Add fresh potting compost and place the roots of the rhizome in the soil \u2013 if there are no roots visible the rhizome will soon begin to form them.<\/li>\n<li>Water immediately after planting and ensure you keep your rhizomes well watered while they are getting started.<\/li>\n<li>When transplanting Hedychiums which have been potted up and grown on earlier in the season, dig a hole in the soil in a sunny, sheltered position and plant the entire rootball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h3>Planting Hedychium Gardnerianum in the garden<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a good location with plenty of sun and drainage.<\/li>\n<li>Planting half the Rhizome proud of the ground level\u00a0so that the rhizome is horizontal (on its side) with any visible shoots pointing upwards and is only half covered with soil.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure you keep your rhizomes well watered.<\/li>\n<li>When\u00a0transplanting Hedychiums which have been potted up and grown on earlier in the season, dig a hole in the soil in a sunny, sheltered position and plant the entire rootball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12552\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/Hedychium-Gardnerianum-The-Ginger-Lily.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12552\" class=\"wp-image-12552 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/G3900205_80-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hedychium Gardnerianum\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/G3900205_80-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/G3900205_80.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hedychium Gardnerianum<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em class=\"hubmaster_faq_editor\">The Hart Family<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any good quality multipurpose compost is fine for potting your Himalayan Lily in.\u00a0You.. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/what-compost-to-use-for-himalayan-lily\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-12550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faq","tag-faq"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/G3900205_80.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12554,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12550\/revisions\/12554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}