Botanical Name: Common Names:
Alpinia mutica Small Shell Ginger,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Dense, Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
Hardy evergreen clumping ginger growing to 1.5m in height, commonly known as the Cardamon Ginger because of its spicy fragrant leaves once rubbed together. Producing beautiful white upright shell shaped flowers in spring, it makes an excellent landscape plant for mass planting or screen and borders.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Foliage Feature / Colour, Fragrant Garden, Indoor Plant, Mass Planting, Shady Garden, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods
Family Name: Origin:
Zingiberaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: No
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate, Tender
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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