QUESTION: This spring I planted some new bulbs – one was the pine cone ginger. It’s growing, but it still hasn’t flowered. Do you have any suggestions? ANSWER: It’s a little early to expect blossoms ...

A: Pine cone ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, is a great plant for summer gardens. The common name comes from its cone-shaped bracts. These green cones (actually inflorescences) are decorated with white ...

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 ...

I stumbled across a clump of an old time favorite plant. Granny Cloud loved it and it is often found tucked away in shady locations around old historic homes and in tropical gardens. It is just about ...

My favorite ginger is pine cone ginger. I like it because of its relatively large, glossy, green leaves that provide a tropical look in the landscape; however, my favorite characteristic of this plant ...

Ginger is an ideal plant for shady, damp areas of the landscape. You may be surprised to find it has many uses besides being a landscape filler. In a culinary sense you know ginger root, but did you ...