Ginger takes eight to 10 months to mature, grows best in warm, humid conditions, and is ready for harvest when the leaves die back. Ginger adapts well to indoor and outdoor environments, thriving in ...

Why it’s choice: Native wild ginger is an elegant ground cover with bold, deep-green, heart-shaped leaves. But you get more than good looks from this plant’s foliage. Check under the leaves in spring ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. When choosing a new plant, many gardeners may be familiar ...

What: This Pacific Northwest native is tops for the garden. Western wild ginger’s bold, heart-shaped leaves are fully evergreen and release a spicy, ginger-and-citrus fragrance when crushed. Asarum ...

What: Asarum splendens is commonly called splendid wild ginger. The plant is aptly named, for it is indeed splendid. Emerging in spring, its leaves are large, lustrous dark green overlaid with silver ...

While following paths through the conifer forests in the North State, hikers often encounter the shiny, bright green, heart-shaped leaves of wild ginger plants. For me, these happy hearts on the ...

Guest after guest at last month's garden tour in my yard paused over the small mounding perennial with the kidney-shaped, glossy green leaves. "European ginger," was my oft-repeated reply. "Here, let ...

If I'd a cow that gave such milk, I'd dress her in the finest silk; Feed her lots of sweet, sweet hay, and milk her twenty times a day. — Joseph Winner, “Little Brown Jug” Yesterday my botany class ...

My youngest son, Sam, is graduating from college this spring with a degree in Museum Studies. He started school planning on going into a software-related program, but became interested along the way ...