Ornamental ginger plants are becoming increasingly popular choices in Bay Area gardens. In response, more species are showing up in local nurseries. One of the more attractive selections is Hedychium ...

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’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 ...