Darwin Chocolate Beehive
$15.50
Darwin Chocolate Beehive Ginger was bred over 20 years ago by the Darwin DPI for the NT cut flower industry. It starts out with a lovely bright yellow top and ages to a deep chocolate brown. Great cut flower and a talking point for your garden.
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Darwin Chocolate Delight Ginger
A Unique Two-Tone Cut Flower
Darwin Chocolate Delight is a genuinely unique ginger, prized for its striking two-tone inflorescence — dark maroon outer bracts contrasting beautifully with limey-green inner bracts. It’s one of the “Darzing” series of ginger cut-flower varieties, bred and developed by the DPIFM in partnership with the local cut-flower industry, specifically selected for commercial traits like earlier flowering, improved vigour and yield, larger flower size, and genuinely unique form and colour.
Easy to Grow, Reliable Flowering
A mid-flowering variety, Darwin Chocolate Delight blooms from around August/September through to February, giving you a long flowering window across the warmer months. It’s a moderate producer, typically putting out 30 to 50 stems per plant — a reliable, easy-care performer rather than a fussy specialty ginger.
A Genuine Cut Flower
Bred with the commercial cut-flower industry in mind, this variety was selected for exactly the qualities that make a great vase flower — good stem count, strong form, and that eye-catching colour combination that stands out in any arrangement. If you love having unusual, striking blooms in the house, this is a genuinely rewarding one to grow.
You can find more information on growing beehive gingers here.
What Am I Purchasing
small potted plant
Flowering Season
late winter early spring
Max Size
2 m
Origin
Darwin DPI
Temperature / Cold Tolerance
Cold hardy to 5 degrees
Growing Guide
well drained, rich soil, bright light protection from afternoon sun tropical subtropical
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How We Pack
Every plant is soaked in a tri-kelp solution before packing to reduce transit stress and give your plants the best start. We pack using recycled boxes. Your plants travel secure, hydrated, and wrapped in materials we feel good about.
Where We Ship
We ship to QLD, NSW, ACT and VIC via Australia Post eParcel with tracking on every order. Flat rate shipping applies — see checkout for rates to your state. We are unable to ship to WA, SA, TAS or NT at this time.
When We Ship
Orders are picked and packed weekly. During extreme heat, we may hold your order for a cooler shipping window to protect your plants in transit — if this happens, we'll let you know via email. We don't ship into known heatwave conditions.
When Your Plants Arrive
Open your box as soon as possible. Even a few hours in a hot letterbox or on a doorstep can stress tropical plants. Give them a good drink of water and a light foliar spray of kelp solution, place them in a shaded spot for a day or two gradually increasing light to recover from transit, then plant out or pot up into their permanent position. Most plants bounce back quickly — new growth within a few weeks is normal. for more information https://elarishtropicalexotics.com.au/2026/07/25/what-to-do-when-your-mail-order-plants-arrive/
Not Happy?
If your plants arrive damaged or aren't what you expected, take a photo and email us within 48 hours of delivery. We'll sort it out. See our full Refund & Returns Policy for details.
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