Alpinia galanga 'Spice Ginger'

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Ships bare rooted. Growing in a 6" pot 6-10 inches in height.

Alpinia galanga 'Spice Ginger'- A beautiful flowering ginger that is favored for its spicy rhizomes that are a major ingredient in Thai and Asian cooking. It is also called Galanga Major, Galangal, Laos Root, and Siamese Ginger. It is the only Alpinia to bloom every year even following a freeze. A great looking foliage plant with delightful-looking flowers. Grows 5 to 6 feet tall in medium sun. Zones 8 and higher.

The rhizome is a common ingredient in Thai soups and curries, where is used fresh in chunks or thin slices, mashed and mixed into curry paste, or dried and powdered. Indonesian rendang is usually spiced with galangal. Greater galangal is used in Russia as a flavoring for beverages, including a liqueur called nastoika.

ALPINIAS--Come in all sizes from small to large. Leaves are frequently fragrant. Most bear large clusters of stunning blooms. Like medium to full sun. Many can overwinter without special care. All make good pot plants.

Gingers are the queen flowers of the plant world. They are the source of wonderous fragrances and possess exquisitely delicate foliage and flowers. The fragrance of some butterfly gingers will take your breath away.

Gingers enjoy a special position in the botanical kingdom with their elegance in form and texture, sparkling color and amazing symmetry. The word ginger conjures up images of an exotic oriental food flavoring. However edible ginger is only one of approximately 1,300 species of the very diverse Zingiberaceae family. Gingers are classed as a herbaceous perennial and have enjoyed popularity as an ornamental plant in Asia and the Far East for centuries. Only recently have they become known as outstanding ornamentals in the U.S.

Gingers as a group add outstanding exotic foliage and exotic flowers to the landscape. Gingers are wonderful plants for southern climates and protected northern climates. In both areas gingers are finding favor as interior landscape plants and most do very well in containers. Gingers are heavy feeders and drinkers during the growing season. Most do best in partial shade; however some thrive in full sun, others in full shade. So gingers provide plants for all light conditions. Many species enter dormancy in response to shorter days, cool temperatures, or dry conditions. Rhizomes (the underground stem) survive in a dormant condition beneath the soil surface during cold or dry conditions. Stokes Tropicals' Ginger Blend (8-4-6) is an excellent fertilizer source for these wonderful plants.