It might work here if the growing season was long enough.
We’re about arctic tundra right about now for climate zones.
Having lived up there for those nearly two years I think you could if you start them in pots then replant outdoors after the last frost. I would think if you leave rhizomes like lilies in the ground you could do the same with ginger if you deep mulch them but I can’t be sure. It would be worth a try.
And it varies from year to year, of course!
Nothing to complain about, though. It does not get crushingly, killingly hot in summer, nor does it get so very cold or snowy in winter. No tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes or hurricanes, either. Just the occasional tornado, only once I can remember on the southern edge of our county. Only hit the double-wides, of course. (Why is that??)
Upper East Tennessee is the best place in the world.
Now there's something to argue about!!!
We got the Southern Appalachians!! So there!!