The world has more than 1,500 ginger species, most found in the tropics and subtropics. The pineapple ginger is native to Indonesia’s Spice Islands and parts of New Guinea and Australia. Fairchild ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ginger root with green sprout on a wooden background. Ginger rhizomes, more commonly known as ginger roots, come from the ...

Do you dream of a tropical paradise in your backyard? If so, you might consider planting gingers that are adapted to our area to add that tropical flare. Gingers are a large group of exotic plants ...

Months of hot, humid weather make summers in New Orleans a challenge for many plants (and people). But as some plants languish in the heat, a wonderful group called gingers thrive and delight us with ...

One planting tip can help your ginger (Zingiber officinale) grow faster before its rhizomes ever hit soil, and it starts with how you prepare it. Ginger comes from a tropical, humid environment and ...

Description: Tropical ginger in the Bay Area? In a manner of speaking. Hedychium gardnerianum is one of 40 species of rhizomatous perennials from moist, lightly wooded areas throughout Asia. This ...

As the warm weather of late spring arrives and we look around our landscapes, the mildness of last winter becomes apparent. Tropical plants on the south shore were barely touched by winter cold, and ...

If you love tropical plants but don’t live near the tropics, we’ve got 10 tropicals that can grow outside the warm, balmy locale. The following plants can thrive indoors or outdoors, given the right ...

Some of the most visually appealing ones are also delicious. Here’s how to choose — and grow — the best ones. By Margaret Roach Homegrown tastes of the tropics slumber in Marianne Willburn’s freezer — ...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a versatile plant known for its aromatic, pungent and spicy root, which is actually a rhizome. It has numerous health benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties ...

No green thumb or outdoor garden is required to grow this delicious plant. Karl Tapales / Getty Images Growing ginger (Zingiber officinale) indoors is surprisingly easy. It is low maintenance, thrives ...