shell ginger


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cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes

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Ginger lily (Hedychium), shell ginger (Alpinia), and spiral ginger (Costus) thrive, as do plumerias and passion vines.
Cannas, dahlias, and shell ginger (Alpinia) have bright blooms, as do flowering shrubs such as angel's trumpet (Brugmansia), hibiscus, plumeria, and shrimp plant; vines such as bougainvillea, mandevilla hybrids, and passion vine; and many tender perennials, such as abutilon and impatiens.
Charlie Gordon-Watson signed the $525,000 ticket on a daughter of the Group 3-winning Woodman mare Shell Ginger. And JS Company, of Japan, went to $500,000 for the first foal of the unraced Mr Prospector mare Akuna Bay, a daughter of Irish St Leger winner Dark Lomond.
Johan Cruyff will miss the Conrad International Dublin Silver Stakes on Sunday, in which the stable will be represented by highly-rated filly Shell Ginger.
The filly is out of the Group 3-winning Woodman mare Shell Ginger.
Meanwhile, the highly-rated Shell Ginger will represent O'Brien in our 1,000 Guineas trial at Leopardstown.
A partnership including breeders from three different continents won the day's most sought-after offering, the four-year-old Woodman mare Shell Ginger (lot 1,412), sold in foal to Sadler's Wells.
The highlight was a runaway success for Shell Ginger in the Bord Gais Killavullan Stakes.