The wonderful pale pink waxy flowers of Zingiber niveum
Ginger Milky Way
Genus: Zingiber
Species: niveum
Variety: Milky Way
Type: Bulb/Corm/Tuber
Family: ZINGIBERACEAE
Origins: Thailand
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Wind: Sheltered
Growth: Medium
Frost: Tender
Evergreen: Yes
Native: No
Height: 1m
Width: 0.5m
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Zone: 9 Zone: 10 Zone: 11
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These amazing plants come from the forests of Thailand.
The pale pink flowers appear from summer to autumn and last for several months.
They make great cut flowers and give a distinctive and tropical feel to flower arrangements.
Soil: Grow well in moist well drained soil.
Maintenance: To ensure the plant flowers each year you need to to make sure that you cut off the dead leaves at the end of each season, keep the corms dry during the winter and feed with organic fertiliser in spring as new leaves appear.
Author: Bob Saunders.
Matt - Brisbane: Hi, is this ginger edible?.
Webmaster - Sydney: Matt, I can find no reference to it being edible, that doesn't mean it isn't, but it is generally cultivated as an ornamental plant. I'd stay safe and not try to eat it. The edible species is Zingiber officinale..
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Zingiber niveum produces pale pink flowers during summer and autumn, each flower lasts for many weeks
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