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Variegated Spiral Ginger
Costus speciosus ‘Variegatus’
11.6515, 122.302
Field Notes
Description:
This Variegated Spiral Ginger has great reddish spiral stems with
sharply variegated foliage, making it a standout in the garden
landscape. The leaves are velvety soft and the underside of the
leaves are covered with a fuzz of hairs. Although it is
predominantly a foliage plant, it also has attractive flowers,
which start out as dark maroon cones at the end of the stalks.
The flowers are white ‘crepe’ flowers.
Habitat:
During active growth in summer it should be grown in rich moist
organic soil, and it performs best in a few hours of direct sun.
Once established and growing in the right conditions it is quite
vigorous and will produce a mature flowering plant in a single
season.
It likes medium to full sun and grows from 1.5 to 2.1 metres. It is
a great container plant.
It must not be kept too wet while dormant. Zone 9 is about the
limit of its hardiness.
source: http://members.iinet.net.au/~meckms/Ginger%20-%20Variegated%20Spiral%20…
Notes:
Costus is a genus of perennial tropical herbaceous plants from the costus family (Costaceae). They are often characterized and distinguished from relatives such as Zingiber (true ginger) by their spiraling stems. The genus as a whole is thus often called spiral gingers, but this can also refer to C. barbatus specifically. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costus
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