Ginger plants are heavy feeders but lackluster scavengers; they want their nutrients and they want them right there, right now! If your soil is already nutrient-rich and you’ve mixed in  …

Ginger plants need partial shade to flourish. Even though they’re tropical plants, too much direct sun will scorch them.  …

Plant your ginger in fresh soil; ginger prefers well-drained sandy or loamy soil. That can be a combination of potting soil and compost—just make sure that the soil is loose  …

When first planning where to grow your ginger, you should consider the type of land you can tend. If you have a large outside plot of land with the right  …

Getting your ginger garden started every season begins with the choice of how to grow your plants—from rhizomes or seedlings? You could buy ginger seedlings from a local nursery (if  …

Roman chamomile is nowhere near as prolific as German chamomile, but it still produces fragrant flowers that you can use in tea or potpourri—just not nearly as many as German  …

For descriptive growing purposes, ginger is loosely grouped into three classifications—culinary, ornamental, and wild.  …

Ginger is a perennial, deciduous flowering plant that reproduces by producing rhizomes—underground stems—that can, in turn, produce roots and shoots and their own rhizomes. There are two broad categories of  …

Ah, the fresh taste of gingerbread cookies, and the enticing aroma as they come out of the oven. The soothing sensation of steaming ginger tea. That extra zing in a  …

Welcome to the fragrant, wonderful world of growing your own ginger! Ginger is a spice because we use and enjoy its roots. And it’s an herb, too, because the foliage can  …