This moisture loving, tropical plant is in the ginger family Zingiberaceae and is native to the eastern Himalayas of Nepal and Bhutan. The plant goes by many different names, including ginger lily ...

Soaring summer temperatures can take a toll on garden plants. Discover heat-tolerant perennial plants that thrive despite ...

Ginger is a delicious culinary delight and a beautiful plant that can grow in any garden. There are a lot of plants that are labeled as ginger, but not all of these are tasty. Here are a few ...

In China, for example, ginger has been used medicinally for some 2,000 years. Today, the plant's benefits are being recognized on a global scale. "Ginger is originally from southeast Asia but is ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto The ginger family of plants, which includes turmeric, have thick roots that are dried and ground into spices, as well as a popular herbal supplement. Evidence has shown ...

She saw a range of tropical plants — red-leaved bananas ... a distant cousin of ginger, from a common taxonomic order but a different family. Although the starchy rhizomes of certain canna ...

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense), a perennial plant with attractive foliage, has become an increasingly popular ground cover for shaded areas of landscapes. It is native to the woodlands of ...

Scientists have verified the anticancer effects of Kencur, a tropical plant of the ginger family, mainly grown in Southeast Asia, in cell and animal experiments. They found that Kencur extract and ...