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Shell-Ginger
Variegated
Ginger
is
'Variegata'
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L.
Burtt & R. M. Sm.
al-PIN-ee-ah
zeh-ROOM-bet
Zingiberaceae
Explanation
of name:
Generic name for botanist Prospero Alpino, 1553-1616 (HUX). Zerumbet is
an ancient Arabic word for fragrant ginger roots.
Natural
Range:
Tropical Asia, escaped in Florida (WU1)
Recognition:
Large robust ginger with thick, waxy-looking flowers in dangling spikes, the
lip brightly red and yellow surrounded by a white hood.
Landscape
Uses:
A very large, rhizomatous perennial. Cultivar 'Variegats' is most-often grown as
a large cream and green variegated ground-cover and space-filler. The bright
flowers are striking with white, red, and yellow.
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems
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Alpinia zerumbet |
Shell Ginger |
Exotic, escaped |
Large Rhizomatous Perennial |
SU-FA
(WU1) |
To about 18
(HUX, PBCC, variegated cultivar smaller) |
3 (PBCC) |
Bright filtered light
RS
ME-MO
(HUX, PBCC) |
Damaged by bad weather |
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