Re(2): Bananas and Gingers
- To: G*@aol.com
- Subject: Re(2): Bananas and Gingers
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 21:27:46 -0800
- References: <0.4f4ab6a5.257b2887@aol.com>
Grdnpeach@aol.com writes:
>Last spring, there was a thread on the rec.gardens newsgroup about
>growing
>grocery store produce type ginger. I put some into the ground on the
>south
>side of my house, and it's doing nicely. I was planning to keep it in
>the
>ground all winter. It's near a fragrant flowering ginger that has been in
>the
>ground for three years. (I will have to ask around to find out its
>name.)
>Many gingers do very well here. What kind do you have?
>
>Nancy
>Los Altos, CA
>
Well, I only have your ordinary Zingiber officinale. I have seen some
pictures and while the flowers arent that remarkable, I do like the look
of the foliage. I've been thinking of buying one of the more ornamental
gingers, or possibly one of the ornamental and edible types (there is a
Japanese relative to Z. officinale, that the Japanese use the flowers for
tempura.
Stokes also has a rather nice collection of them i've noticed.
