Thanks for your response. I was told they are planning to finish in September, so I don't expect this problem to go away any time soon. There is a small space on the east side of my house behind an azalea and some hollies that form a barrier between the house and the construction. It's only a few feet, but could I plant the rhizomes there pretty tightly and move them in the fall? It would mean one planted every few inches rather than every few feet. Might that work?

I'm just starting to grow Wild Ginger but it's not an evergreen in 5b. It's a nice groundcover that I started from bare-root 2 years ago. It's slowly spreading & provides nice coverage in deep shade, where I don't have too many options. I haven't yet tried any of the medicinal/culinary uses for this, but obviously it's not ginger as traditionally known in our kitchens. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/asarum_canadense.shtml

hi, i have some i can trade. i love it. i bought the first 3 plants years ago cost me $16.00 for them. i took them and planted them out in the garden,3 single stems. went out a few days later to check on them and rabbit had eaten them to a 1/4 " stem. i was sick. but they came back and in places where they are happy they will reproduce from seed dj

Leah, I don't know about ginger but I would put the bluebells in the ground in shade/moist area (if you have a little out of the way of the construction area place) and dig them up when you are ready. I bought bluebell rootstock last Spring but a foot of snow arrived ahead of the rootstock. I dug through the snow put the rootstock in and then lost track of it. It came up on a barely covered rock this Spring and I quickly moved it. Not only had it multiplied on the barely covered rock but it flowered after being relocated this spring! Your rootstock is most likely dormant now as bluebells are very early risers in Spring so you really can't hurt them. Good luck!