Zingiber montanum

Description

Zingiber montanum, otheerwise known as ‘Mountain Ginger’ or Cassumunar Ginger’ is a beautiful and sought after variety, seldom available for sale here. Native to India, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, the stems reach around 1m in height clothed in zingy exotic looking leaves.  Flowers are pale-yellow-white held on stems up to 30cm

Zingiber montanum will do best planted in a sunny to dappled shade position ideally in fertile soil that is not waterlogged in winter. In fact, it will tolerate pretty dry even poor soils but as always, any fast-growing perennial will do better if given extra help with improved fertility.

Once planted it will after a few years it will slowly spread into a multi-stemmed clump the leafy stems arching as they grow. The leaves and stems once frosted tend to die down during the winter and can be removed. During this time, I like to mulch the crowns with a good layer of organic compost to help feed the plant during the following season whilst keeping the roots snug during winter.