Add late summer fragrance to the garden with this favorite pass-along plant. Fragrant ginger lily blooms in late summer when many other flowers have died. Plant ginger lily in moist soil with plenty ...

These amazing blue ginger plants, with spikes of shockingly indigo blue flowers, make a delightful addition to the fall garden. They are very easy to care for, and grow nicely for us, as tender ...

If you’re a daffodil lover, you may have wondered about the flower’s famous trumpeting, cupped receptacle. It’s called a corona — and botanists are confounded, too, as to its function. However, the ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. • There are 40 species of hedychiums (pronounced he-DIK-ee-ums) that belong in the Zingiberaceae or ginger family. Hedychium ...

Hot on the heels the featured plant in my last column, osmanthus, is another sweet-smelling fall bloomer, the ginger lily. Known botanically as Hedychium coronarium, ginger lily is a tropical ...

Hidden lily ginger or hidden ginger belongs to the genus Curcuma. This species is unique in that it blooms before the foliage grows out in the spring. This allows the flower spikes to be clearly seen.

You may think the tall strong canna stems are reminiscent of a ginger lily — and are often called canna lilies — but they actually do not belong to the lily family at all. Canna lilies can reach 8 to ...

The famous trumpeting, cupped receptacle on daffodils is called a corona, and botanists are confounded as to its function. However, the presence of the corona does assist us in explaining why daffodil ...

The famous trumpeting, cupped receptacle on daffodils is called a corona, and botanists are confounded as to its function. However, the presence of the corona does assist us in explaining why daffodil ...