Growth habit: An evergreen perennial growing in expanding clumps to 8 feet tall and at least as wide. The leaves are deep green and oblong in shape, growing to 2 feet long and 6 inches wide along ...

It is a testament to the gardening-crazed culture of the Bay Area that when you say the word "ginger," people are as likely to think of the plant as the spice. With ginger's often striking tropical ...

This evergreen ginger (Alpinia zerumbet), from Southeast Asia, is extremely popular. Up to 12 feet tall on sites that are heavily enriched with compost and manure, variegated shell ginger revels in ...

A genuine elixir of youth.This is how shell ginger -also known as Alpinia zerumbet - is usually presented, a plant straight from Japan that is said to increase life expectancy. The ingredient, which ...

That said, let’s talk about some lovely species that make excellent garden specimens, some of which are well suited to spectacular cut flower arrangements. One of my personal favorites is shell ginger ...

Months of hot, humid weather make summers in New Orleans a challenge for many plants (and people). But as some plants languish in the heat, a wonderful group called gingers thrive and delight us with ...

Q: We planted shell ginger plants in the ground in our landscape. I thought they were in a protected spot, but they burned badly in the cold. Will we need to replace them? A: It appears that there are ...

Long summer days stimulate flowering of many fragrant ginger species. Visitors to our slands frequently comment on how sweet our air smells with the abundance of flowers in bloom. The ginger family is ...

There are more than 230 known species of shell ginger in the world, of which at least 18 are found in Taiwan ...