Culinary Red Galangal (Alpinia galanga) in 200 mm Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)

Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
Meaning of Name:
Alpinia, after the 17th century Italian botanist Prospero Alpini + Latin -ia (used especially to form genus names by appending to the name of (usually) a scientist or patron); and
galanga, from Mediaeval Latin galanga (‘galangal’)

Common Names: Galangal, Culinary Galangal, Lesser Galangal, Red Galangal

Botanical Characteristics: Herbaceous | Perennial | Rhizomatous | Drought tender | Frost tender
Propagation: Division of rhizomes | Seed

Item Description:
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Two available (price is for one). Each in a pot 200 mm diameter, and 200 mm high.

Plant Description:
This member of the ginger family is both a culinary and medicinal plant as well as a striking ornamental.

Galangal is a clumping plant which can reach 2 m high. The tallest stem in one pot is about 900 mm high and the tallest stem in the other pot is about 700 mm high.

Growing Information:
Galangal can be grown in a very large pot but is best in the ground. This species is an evergreen perennial native to the tropics, and thrives in rich, moist soil in a shady and protected spot.

Regular applications of fertiliser will help develop the fragrant and tasty rhizomes galangal is renowned for.