Description
- Heliconias can be grown from rhizomes in your garden bed.
- Ensure to choose rhizomes that have new ‘eyes’ or buds popping up or wait till the dormant rhizome develops new eye.
- You can harvest the flowers as cut flowers and place them in your flower vase with some water, which should keep them fresh for a few days.
- Heliconias are great for planting under trees or canopies as they can handle the competition for nutrients and they do not interfere with tree roots.
- If you’re going to try growing in a warm temperate area, position them in an area where they receive morning sunlight and shade from the afternoon sun.
The above information is from Yates, the Auckland Botanical Gardens also have great information on this plant.
