A modified plant stem which grows horizontally, under the surface of the soil. New growth then emerges from their nodes.
Vegetables & Herbs Rhizomes
- Ginger
- Turmeric
- Galangal
- Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root)
- Rhubard
- Ginseng
- Fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda)
Invasive Rhizomes
- Creeping Charlie
- Horsetails
- Japanese knotweed
- Poison ivy
- Golden hops
- Stinging nettle
- lily-of-the-valley
- Bamboo
- Bugleweed
- Chinese lanterns
- Liriope
- Nandina domestica
- Papyrus
- Plume poppy
- Tansy
- Virginia creeper
- Yellow archangel
Cana lily (flowering plant) is beautiful and known as well-behaved Rhizomes
In landscaping
- Not good for low maintenance garden
- Usually used for ground cover
Note – Removing Rhizome can be tedious task
Readers if you know any other rhizomes to be added or you think list if not correct please drop in your comments.
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Happy Gardening!