Don’t you love a plant with a secret? Take queen lily ginger (Curcuma petiolata), for example. The brightly-colored flowers that draw you in turn out not to be flowers at all! This is one of many ...

Gingers are a summer highlight in Houston area gardens. We can grow several genera, short to tall. And each genus offers beautiful foliage and flowers. The hedychiums, however, are the most fragrant ...

While following paths through the conifer forests in the North State, hikers often encounter the shiny, bright green, heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger plants. For me, these happy hearts on the ...

As the rains intensify during the last months of the year and growing vegetables becomes a real challenge, gardeners in Costa Rica can turn their attention to tending and planting hardy ornamentals ...

The yellow ginger is flowering for the first time at The World Garden at Lullingstone Castle An unusual yellow plant, rarely cultivated in the UK, is flowering at a tourist attraction in Kent for the ...

Last week, judging by emails and a couple of calls, I think that I did pretty well in describing the ginger root and its uses, and how to build a gingerbread house. Thanks for the comments and ...

An unusual yellow plant, rarely cultivated in the UK, is flowering at a tourist attraction in Kent for the first time. Hedychium wardii, a yellow flowering ginger, was brought from India to England in ...