cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45800580
Little sprout
Coming up in my garden right next to some forest (primarily oak mixed with beech, birch, maple) in southwest Sweden. Last year i dug the area out and removed (most) roots. Not much came up but this little sprout. I suppose it could be roots reaching in from the adjacent forest.
Warning: it requires a lot of Sun, a lot of water, and it has a nasty tendency to die in the cold, even in subtropical areas. And you probably won’t be able to harvest a lot of ginger out of it.
But hey, it’s fun, and people will ask you “what’s this plant?” :)