Description: Tropical ginger in the Bay Area? In a manner of speaking. Hedychium gardnerianum is one of 40 species of rhizomatous perennials from moist, lightly wooded areas throughout Asia. This ...

Ginger rhizomes, more commonly known as ginger roots, come from the flowering plant Zingiber officinale. Because it’s a tropical plant, ginger can be tricky to grow outdoors in much of North America, ...

THIS week, Hillcrest Conservancy takes a look at the Ginger plant, as part of its series of articles on alien invasive plants, to help the community identify and eradicate them from their gardens. The ...

Ancient Chinese and Ayurvedic texts praised ginger long before it became a kitchen staple. They called it "universal medicine" for its ability to soothe a sore throat and calm the stomach. However, ...

Visitors to our Islands frequently comment on how fragrant our air smells with the abundance of flowers in bloom. Gingers are among the easiest plants to grow for this purpose. Many species have ...

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 ...

Zingiber zerumbet is a real attention-getter. Better known as pinecone ginger or shampoo ginger, this perennial beauty sports cone-shaped structures called bracts that change from a light green to a ...

The subtropical rainforests in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains are amazingly diverse. In sections of India and Nepal, the forests are similar to Hawaiian rainforests in both temperature and ...

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 ...

Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries, Rural and Regional Queensland Tim Mulherin asked Queenslanders to look out for ornamental ginger plants – yellow, white, and kahili – and help stop their ...