Hi, I would love to have some of your alpinia zerumbet. I have lots of the canna with the dark leaves. I am not sure of the name of it, but I can check my records if you need to know. I need to dig some of it soon, since it is growing under my fence.

Xanthosoma Aurea lime Zinger for Alpinia zerumbet variegata (variegated shell ginger). Please email me if u r interested

Is this what you call Varigated Seashell Ginger? I have some to spare of this (I thought it was called Formosa) Susie

went to my parents' house earlier this week. noticed their shell ginger had flowered. i asked my mom if it had been pruned or not. she said my dad cut them down during the winter, b/c of frost damage. a few months and they grew back and flowered. those are about 4' tall now, by mid summer they'll be about 7-8' tall. my mom got a piece of root from a co worker almost 20 years ago, i remember planting it. about 7-8 years ago i dug out about half of the root system b/c it had spread too much in the flower bed.