When I give a gentle squeeze to the red ‘cone’ of pinecone ginger, a clear, fragrant liquid seeps out of the plant and onto my hand. It’s not sticky. Rather, it feels fresh and fragrant.

The pine-cone-shaped bracts appear later on separate, slightly shorter stalks. As the season progresses, one to three flowers – small, yellow-white blooms – poke out of the bracts.

Pine cone ginger is frequently seen in local landscapes. It is also known as bitter or shampoo ginger. Its flower resembles a red pine cone and when squeezed it emits fluid that can be used as a ...

My favorite ginger is pine cone ginger. I like it because of its relatively large, glossy, green leaves that provide a tropical look in the landscape; however, my favorite characteristic of this ...

• Details: Native to Southeast Asia (including Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and others), the pine cone ginger is sometimes described as a canoe plant - not because of its ...

A: Pine cone ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, is a great plant for summer gardens. The common name comes from its cone-shaped bracts. These green cones (actually inflorescences) are decorated with white ...

These stalks grow from an aromatic, tuberous rhizome — an underground stem — and therefore is a spreading plant. The small flowers sprout out of a green cone-shaped structure resembles a pine ...