Zingiber kawagoii Ali North Africa underlain with caliche

underlain with caliche

"Walter" inherits an early flowering habit

Although it's a high elevation plant (up to 12

from the late plantsman Don Jacobs

Zingiber kawagoii Ali North Africa underlain with calicheWe're always on the lookout for new winter hardy gingers, and our prayers were answered in 2008, as we descended Taiwan's Ali Shan and spotted a massive forest of ginger lilies growing alongside giant bamboo, underneath a massive forest of cryptomerias at 5,300' elevation. The 30" tall gingers are adorned with clusters of small basal produced, bright red flowers from September until a hard freeze. The clumps spread slowly in our climate, resulting in