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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the zingiberaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'	variegated shell ginger	tender perennial (Z8-11)	white/pink	to 6'
Curcuma australasica 'Aussie Plume'	Aussie plume ginger	perennial (Z8-11)	purple-pink bracts, yellow flowers (spring-summer)	4-6'
Curcuma cultivars/hybrids	flowering ginger	perennial (Z9?)	various colors, mostly pink-white
Curcuma elata	hidden cone ginger	perennial (Z7b-11)	pink (spring)	24-36"
Globba schomburgkii	dancing ladies ginger	perennial (Z8-11)	various colors	24"
Hedychium 'Vi'	ginger lily	perennial (Z8-11)	white/pink (summer-fall)	5-7'
Hedychium coccineum 'Peach'	narrow-leaf ginger; hardy ginger lily	perennial (Z7b-11)	peach-pink	5-7'
Kaempferia sp.	peacock ginger	perennial (Z8-11)	white or pink
Pyrgophyllum yunnanensis	hardy ginger	perennial	pale yellow	12"
Roscoea alpina		perennial (Z6-8)	pink	12"
Roscoea auriculata		perennial (Z7-9)	purple (late summer)	6-24"
Roscoea cautleoides		perennial (Z6-9)		18-24"
Roscoea scillifolia		perennial (Z7?)	pink	6-10"
Zingiber zerumbet	red pinecone ginger; shampoo ginger	perennial (Z8-10)	yellow	4-7'

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Last modified: December 11, 2014
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