A shade ground cover with large veined leaves that spreads slowly by rhizomes to become a nice full colony! Deer tend to stay away from American Ginger making it a great choice for this area. Flowering usually occurs in April and May but the flower typically goes unseen. American Ginger blooms under the leaves! Although you may have to go looking for them the flowers are quite interesting. Blooms are somewhere between a purple and brown color and are cup shaped with what looks like tails that taper out from the center.