Gingers produce thick, fleshy stems that grow at or just below the soil. With a good, thick mulch of leaves or pine straw, ...

Shell ginger is an easy-to-grow tropical foliage plant suited for both the garden and home.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) is one of 200 herbaceous perennial herbs that grow from aromatic rhizomes. It has a dramatic tropical look ...

You may be able to find an interesting shell ginger cultivar has variegated leaves. This is an ideal plant for a medium sized garden with full sun or partial shade.

Plant shell ginger in rich, medium moist, well drained soil in part sun to mostly shade, avoiding midafternoon sun. In our area it grows in clumps, usually three to five-feet in height.

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 ...

Check local nurseries or go online for availability. Some, like the butterfly ginger, might be in bloom so you can enjoy the wonderful fragrances this plant offers along with its tropical flare.

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Galiano ensures her extended ginger season with proper culture. Good plant health begins with an organically enriched, well-draining soil.

The gold and green-leafed variety of shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) is as impressive as a variegated plant can be. Ginger lilies are excellent companions to the banana-leaved and rhizomatous ...

Ginger is an ideal plant for shady, damp areas of the landscape. You may be surprised to find it has many uses besides being a landscape filler. In a culinary sense you know ginger root, but did yo… ...

There are almost 200 species of Alpinia, which are members of the ginger family. The shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet) often is seen as a background plant in conservatories.