A: I like to cut back the foliage for easier access to ginger roots when dividing. It will grow back soon as it's warm. To reduce the diameter of a shell ginger clump, dig up the rhizomes around the ...

It is a testament to the gardening-crazed culture of the Bay Area that when you say the word "ginger," people are as likely to think of the plant as the spice. With ginger's often striking tropical ...

Beardless Louisiana Iris – Black Gamecock – when most people think of iris, they think of the bearded iris. But there are many other iris species, from beardless to woodland and short-season spring ...

Q: Our backyard is surrounded with variegated ginger too large to protect from the recent freezing temps. They are now brown and look awful. Did I lose them? Should I prune now or wait until spring? — ...