It is a testament to the gardening-crazed culture of the Bay Area that when you say the word "ginger," people are as likely to think of the plant as the spice. With ginger's often striking tropical ...

It was a gardener's knd of morning: rain-refreshed with plenty of plant talk over apple pie and lemonade. The hospitable hostess: Beth Galiano. The topic: gingers and the months of enjoyment these low ...

Months of hot, humid weather make our summer a challenge for many plants in our gardens. A wonderful group of plants called gingers thrive in the heat, however, and delight us with bold foliage and ...

A genuine elixir of youth.This is how shell ginger -also known as Alpinia zerumbet - is usually presented, a plant straight from Japan that is said to increase life expectancy. The ingredient, which ...

I’ve always described my yard as a work in progress, since I am always adding and subtracting things, not to mention the fact that Mother Nature sometimes does some of the arithmetic for me. One of ...

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 ...

Love is in bloom! Looking for the perfect flower for your girlfriend, boyfriend, or partner? Or maybe you just love the color red? Let these exquisite red beauties of Hawaii put you in the romantic ...

Some plants grow pretty much unnoticed until someone finds something exciting about them, and such is the case for red bamboo ginger (Alpinia luteocarpa). Its secret is in its aromatic leaves and ...

Plants frequently display fruit characteristics that support multiple seed-dispersal syndromes. These ambiguous characteristics may reflect the fact that seed dispersal is usually a complex process ...