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

Question: Our ornamental ginger plants have grown more than 6 feet tall and have some cold damage. When is a good time to cut them back and reshape the plants? Answer: Wait no longer to give your g… ...

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

Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of impatiens, poinsettias, squash, crape myrtles, ginger plants, hydrangeas and plumeria.

Ornamental ginger plants are becoming increasingly popular choices in Bay Area gardens. In response, more species are showing up in local nurseries. One of the more attractive selections is ...

Highly ornamental and perennial in Zone 6 and warmer areas, myoga ginger (Zingiber mioga), an Asian woodland species, is a popular culinary item in Japan.

If used for preserving or candying, the rhizomes should be dug while tender and succulent, rather than when old, tough and ...

The most widely grown ornamental ginger in our area is theHedychium spp. also called butterfly ginger. These are the most cold-hardy gingers and range in height from 18 inches to 12 feet tall.

Either eat it, or show it off! The post 5 varieties of flowering ginger to add to your garden appeared first on Better Homes ...

Ornamental European ginger, Asarum Europaeum, with its decorous manners and pretty form, is a plant not seen often enough in the shade garden.

Q: How do you thin and move ornamental variegated ginger? — A.W., Houston A: I like to cut back the foliage for easier access to ginger roots when dividing. It will grow back soon as it's warm.

Q: When and how would I plant edible ginger? Does it need a chilling spell like garlic? — M.K., Houston A: We can grow culinary gingers from firm, healthy rhizomes bought at the grocery store ...