Butterfly Ginger is best grown in organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Can be grown in shallow water. Likes hot and humid summers and consistently moist soils. Noted for its intense fragrance, butterfly ginger is an upright rhizomatous perennial boasting dense spikes, up to 8 inches long, on very fragrant butterfly-like flowers in late summer and early fall.