Gardening Jargon – rhizome
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Gardening Jargon – Rhizome
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