Myoga Ginger
Zingiber mioga
Also known as
Japanese ginger (en)
How to sow myoga ginger:
Direct seed rhizomes outdoors
Sun requirement for myoga ginger:
Plant in Partial Sun
Myoga, or Japanese ginger, is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and southern Korea grown for it's edible flower buds (which are soft yellow or pink and grow at the base of the plant, just under the soil) and young spring shoots. Older shoots are poisonous. The plant is related to ginger, but more cold hardy, with a frost tolerance down to -16° C. Myoga Ginger spreads through rhizomes and can become invasive.