Plants will ship Mid-March 🙂
Gao-liang-jiang (Alpinia officinarum) potted plant, organic
$11.00 – $91.00
Family: Ginger (Zingiberaceae)
Hardy to zone 7 to 12, otherwise grown as a potted plant and brought in for the winter
(Lesser Galangal, Galangal, Lesser) Herbaceous perennial native to China. Plants prefer sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil. The plant can be grown indoors or in a greenhouse in the temperate north, or outdoors in California, Gulf coast, HI, etc. Traditional usage of the fresh or dried rhizome: TCM, one of the traditional chinese herbs that warms the middle burner. A warming antibacterial used for treating dysentery and other infections. Also an aromatic spice, lending an attractive cinnamon fragrance to scents and culinary dishes. Grows well at elevation in the subtropics. This species makes a small house plant, to 1 foot tall, with narrow, pointed leaves. In ideal tropical conditions can reach up to 5 feet. Space plants 2 feet apart.
Potted Plant, Certified Organically Grown
Question
Katherine Rhodes –
I live in zone 7 and wish to grow Lesser Galangal. I know it must be brought inside during our winters. I have asthma and must keep the humidity in the house at 50%. Will Lesser Galangal grow in that humidity or will it be too dry? If I get the OK, I will order. Thanks a bunch!
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Richo Cech –
Hi Katherine,
Thanks for your interest in lesser galangal. I really like this plant, at one time worked hard to find and propagate it, and now have it as an indelible part of the herbal gardens here–it is an easy keeper. Actually, it is winter hardy in your zone although it is likely to go deeply dormant. You can keep it indoors if you like–it will stay green on a windowsill all winter long. It needs frequent watering.
Richo
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blick002 (verified owner) –
I’ve been trying to grow galangal from organic rhizomes purchased from the local food co-ops with no success. Happy to find plants for sale at SM. They arrived on time and looking very healthy last autumn and have thrived during a long winter indoors in northern MN. I expect they will explode like the ginger and turmeric once they get out side.
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blick002 (verified owner) –
Update: The most productive of the Zingibers I’ve grown in pots here in zone 3. In the summer, it has done well outside, but thrives in part shade in the greenhouse. It comes inside the house before the overnight temperatures dip below 50F and is enjoyed as a house plant until it can return to the greenhouse in the spring. Unlike ginger and turmeric, it does not go dormant during the MN winters. This rapid grower needed to be up-potted and/or divided or rhizomes harvested every year since I’ve grown it. Can’t say enough good things about it!
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Clyde Keating –
Bought six Lesser Galangal plants, they arrived in two days in great shape. Very pleased with service & how professional they were.Hoping I can grow them in south Louisiana along with my tumeric & ginger to help with my cancer. Thanks so much! ClydeKeating.
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Clyde Keating –
Plants are doing great, I can’t wait for them to mature. My tumeric is maturing now & I can’t believe how well it is doing. Plants are 5 ft.plus tall and are producing 4 lbs plus per plant, I expect the same from my ganangal next fall. There is no doubt that the holistic treatment I am using now has been very helpful with for the cancer,
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