I have 3 or 4 good sized trades of this http://www.bakersfieldcactus.org/floribunda/070624/Alpinia%20zerumbet%20variegata.jpg In exchange I am looking for: tropical water lily pink flamingo or similar michelia champaca aglaia odorata michelia figo black surinam cherry hedychium vanilla ice aristolochia fimbriata edibles I don't have unusual hoyas rain lilies other than pink named orchids hand made items items for my chickens orchid supplies tempt me these are ready to go

I'd like both. Please take a look at my trade list. Most everything has been growing in 6-8in pots for over a year. The only hosta I have available is Golden Tiara I believe. Thanks, Erin

It is frustrating because I see these all over town and they do not seem to get hit like ours have. They are against a fence in the backyard but that evidently does not prvide much of a buffer. They just got too big this year to throw covers over. We are looking to even build a movable "greenhouse frame", if you will so we can prop it up ang cover the frame. We like the gingers getting large but we need to protect them during the infrequent but inevitable cold snap (single overnight dips into the 20's). So, when they take a terminating frost, is there a way to predict where the new shoots will emerge? Is there a way to protect the core to maybe "guide" where new shoots will emerge? We have the base mulched but I am not familiar enough with these to know what to predict. We do not get to experiment in North Carolina with them :) I am new to the Slidell, LA. Terri

I don't know how big the ginger gets, but a variegated Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) would be somewhat similar and hardy. There are several different forms, but availability is often limited.