Thanks for your response and assistance. I shall have to wait and see if this ginger will grow and bloom now that it is in the ground. I intend to pot up a portion of it in the fall just in case we have a hard winter. I would like to insure that I keep this plant going.
Now, you both have made me think I may need to go in search of an Alpinia nutans just because it is gorgeous and sounds like it smells wonderful.