How to Grow and Care for Peacock gingers

Peacock gingers, also known as Resurrection lilies

Peacock gingers thrives in shaded environments with indirect light and requires well-draining soil to prevent root rot. Regular watering is essential, ensuring soil remains moist but not waterlogged. Special care point: peacock gingers prefers high humidity levels, so occasional misting is beneficial. Another special care point is to protect the plant from cold drafts, as it is sensitive to temperatures below 50°F (10°C).

Watering schedule: Every week

Sunlight Requirements: Partial sun

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Planting and Growing Peacock gingers

Care Difficulty	Easy
Lifespan	Perennial
Watering Schedule	Every week
Sunlight Requirements	Partial sun
Soil Type	Garden Soil
Soil pH	6-7
Hardiness Zones	8-11

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Types of Peacock gingers

Tropical-crocus

Tropical-crocus (Kaempferia rotunda) is a plant species native to China and India. It is also called champs, Bhūmi, peacock ginger, and rooted round galangale. This species is related to ginger.

Kencur

Kencur is a member of the ginger family, with pretty white flowers that have purple hearts. Kaempferia galanga is used as a culinary herb in Indonesian and other East Asian cuisines in a similar way to its close relative, galangal. This plant is grown in ornamental gardens for its attractive flowers and large lush leaves.

Kaempferia elegans

The deciduous kaempferia elegans has small pale purple flowers and round leaves. It is commercially available in the US, but its native range is in Asia. It’s used as an ornamental flower in parks, gardens, and other landscapes. It prefers to grow in moist soils.

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Peacock gingers exhibits a low-growing, rhizomatous growth habit often spreading across the ground surface. The leaves are distinctly variegated with patterns of silver and green, broad and somewhat rounded in shape, adding to their ornamental appeal. These leaves typically reach a size around 3-7 inches long (7.5-18 cm) and grow directly from the creeping rhizomes. Small, tubular flowers may emerge directly from the rhizome as well, generally staying close to the ground and varying in color depending on specific species within the genus. Peacock gingers's thin, fleshy roots are characteristic of the ginger family to which it belongs.

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