Hardiness: Tender at first but will eventually mature with care. Protect if temperatures go below 30 degrees.

Soil: Well-Drained

Height: 5’

Landscape Values: Dramatic specimen plant. Stems grow in a tight spiral and are colored in shades of pink and purple with swollen nodes like a ‘Budda’s belly’! Spirally arranged green leaves have reddish purple undersides. Flowers appear at the tip of the stem as well as basally. Bracts on inflorescence are a bright crimson red. Blooms attract Hummingbirds.

HARDINESS: Root Hardy

SOIL: Moist & Well Drained

HEIGHT: 7’ – 8’

LANDSCAPE VALUES:

Fantastic Costus with strong sturdy stems that spiral like a corkscrew. Pretty ruffled tubular flowers are bright yellow with orange pollination guides and golden -orange color on the outside. The inflorescence will start small in June and continue to grow and bloom all summer & fall. The inflorescence grows longer as they bloom, creating a bloom in every bract and finish at 12“ long. Great Hummingbird attractor. Plants will freeze to the ground and easily grow back in spring.

Soil: Well Drained

Zone: 8

Height: 5’

Landscape Values: Extremely rare butterfly ginger! This elegant and beautiful ginger displays large heads of pure white, 2” blossoms and 4” long, white, extending stamens which give the appearance of a ruffled and frilly flower. Very unusual and exotic looking. Blooms summer and fall. Dormant in winter.