The plant has gorgeous leaves and some varieties have white striping. They are great companion plants with ferns and small growing hostas and reach about 3 feet tall.

A wonderful group of plants called gingers thrive in the heat and delight us with bold foliage and attractive flowers.

Plant shell ginger in rich, medium moist, well drained soil in part sun to mostly shade, avoiding midafternoon sun. In our area it grows in clumps, usually three to five-feet in height.

Therefore, you may wish todisplay them in borders around your wild ginger or as a single ornamental piece. Your low-maintenance shrub is active in USDA climate zones 5 through 8.

Ginger plants take 10 months to mature. Plant it in the spring after the last frost. The Zingiber officianale plant produces clusters of white and pink flower buds that bloom into yellow flowers.

I WAS COAXING Ren, the aging Chihuahua, down our usual route one morning when I looked up and stopped cold. There in a schoolyard, unnoticed by me before, was a row of white ginger plants, in full ...