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Zingiberaceae
Ginger
Zingiber officinale
Also known as Canton ginger, True ginger, Common ginger, Zingiber zingiber
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Ginger · Rhizome · Tropical · Edible · Medicinal · Culinary · Aromatic · Houseplant · Spice · Humidity-Loving
Ginger grows best in warm, humid conditions with indirect or dappled light and consistently moist, rich, well-draining soil. Plant rhizomes just below the soil surface in a pot or shaded garden bed, and keep humidity high by misting or using a pebble tray. The plant goes dormant in winter, so reduce watering and resume in spring when new shoots emerge.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly to keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering when foliage dies back in dormancy · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 10 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow, Purple
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Gulf Of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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