How to Propagate Gingers

An excellent series of articles was written by Ceil Dow in 2005 for the Ginger Workshop at Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Houston, Texas. With her kind permission they are reproduced here:

Alpinia rhizomes
How to Divide Alpinias (shell gingers).


Curcuma rhizomes
How to divide Curcumas (hidden gingers).


Hedychium rhizomes
How to divide Hedychiums (butterfly gingers).


Kaempferia rhizomes
How to divide Kaempferias (peacock gingers).


Costus cuttings
How to propagate Costus (spiral gingers) from cuttings.




Copyright © 2006 Dave Skinner