Why it’s choice: Native wild ginger is an elegant ground cover with bold, deep-green, heart-shaped leaves. But you get more than good looks from this plant’s foliage. Check under the leaves in ...

Looking for a plant to help you fill those tough to manage spots in the drier and shadier parts of the garden? Here are three shade perennials to try.

The lawn between the sidewalk and road, called a hellstrip due to its seemingly inhospitable growing environment, can be ...

A wonderful group of plants called gingers thrive in the heat and delight us with bold foliage and attractive flowers.

But the real treasure of wild ginger plants is secreted away under those verdant hearts. The flowers of wild ginger always strike me as about as peculiar and alien as any plant I can imagine, but ...

Pinecone ginger is native principally to India and Malaysia. While pinecone ginger is used strictly as an ornamental plant in North Florida, it has a variety of uses in other cultures ranging from ...

Native American cultures have a deep and profound connection with nature, viewing plants not only as sources of food and medicine but also as symbols of spiritual significance. Each plant holds a ...

American Indians, Dr. Enrique Salmón points out, have had 40,000 years to explore and experiment with our native North American flora. By contrast, European-descended botanists have been studying ...

Native San Diegans showed us how plants can build and heal. Their medicines continue to this day. ... It was one of the major sources of fiber for textiles in the Native American community.