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 ...

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 ...

The greening of the forests is upon us now and soon we'll be seeing a full canopy among the trees. Looking through the open woods as we were able to do for the last seven months is about to end. New ...

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 ...

Visitors to our Islands frequently comment on how fragrant our air smells with the abundance of flowers in bloom. Gingers are among the easiest plants to grow for this purpose. Many species have ...

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense), a perennial plant with attractive foliage, has become an increasingly popular ground cover for shaded areas of landscapes. It is native to the woodlands of ...

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 ...

Ginger flowers switch their working gender–from female to male or vice versa–in unison around lunchtime. This newly discovered synchronized gender swap in nine species of the genus Alpinia reduces the ...

Summer means many fragrant flowers blooming in abundance. Most noticeable is the family of gingers. Gingers are coming into flower a little late in forests and gardens this year due to cool weather ...