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Alpinia zerumbet Upright Shell

Botanical Name
Alpinia zerumbet Upright Shell
Common Names
Shell Ginger,
A fairly compact, dense growing ginger which has foliage much like the Alpinia zerumbet. Producing upright shell shaped flowers of white and red inside in the spring and summer. Great landscape plant for screens or borders.
Botanical Name: Common Names:
Alpinia zerumbet Upright Shell Shell Ginger,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Indoor Plants, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Dense, Shrub Like, Upright

Description:
A fairly compact, dense growing ginger which has foliage much like the Alpinia zerumbet. Producing upright shell shaped flowers of white and red inside in the spring and summer. Great landscape plant for screens or borders.

Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m

Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained