This tropical ginger is a strong grower and the foliage arises from an underground rhizome Hardy to zone 8, it's a great garden plant in the south or perfect for containers in the north since it's one of the nicest gingers for the home landscape White Ginger Lily is the recipient of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal HorticulturalHedychium coronarium ( white garlandlily or white ginger lily) is a perennial flowering plant in the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family, native to the Eastern Himalayas region of India ( Sikkim and Tripura ), Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, through northernmost Myanmar and Thailand, southern China ( Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong) to Taiwan in the EastHedychium coronarium is propagated by division in late winter early spring A frequent ginger in the house gardens of the Dai people along the Mekong river, it is used in local medicine to treat cold, headache, arthritis, and injuries Sometimes this plant is called Alpinia alba which is incor...