I have some common butterfly ginger and maybe some hidden ginger (I'll have to wait until things start leafing back out to remember where it's planted), but I do not have any of the culinary variety. You can buy a fresh root from the grocery store and plant it if you want some of that, it works really well! I'm slowly rebuilding my collection after I moved a year ago but have been most of my efforts into establishing my flower beds. Let me know if you're interested in what I have.

I didn't know that there were one then one kind of ginger until I went on this forum. Do they both need full sun? I'm very interested in them! I don't have much of seeds to trade yet since I just started on this forum, but I do have ornamental Millet seeds, lavender seeds, heart shaped ice plant cuttings, calla lily bulbs. Would you want to trade with any of those?

Here is some info on butterfly ginger, pinecone or shampoo ginger (which I just remembered I have), and hidden ginger.

I resisted growing them for so long because, well, I live in Florida and EVERYONE has tropical plants in their landscape. But once I realized how nice they could be, I caved.

I'd be happy to trade for the butterfly ginger and hidden ginger in exchange for the ice plant. In your area you'd want to keep the gingers in pots probably so they don't freeze in winter.

Let me know your address and I'll dig some roots and get them out to you.

Sent you a message!

Debi--do you have enough rhizomes to do another trade? I'm new to gingers/turmeric, but love the orchid-like blooms of these. Send me a PM if a swap might be arranged.

Thanks,

Rick in CT (zone 6b)