Chamaecostus cuspidatus syn. costus cuspidatus
Fiery Costus
Costus is a tropical fleshy-leafed perennial plant, the leaves spiralling up the stem. In Summer it bears cone-shaped inflorescences with small flowers around. The plants can grow quite large, depending on the variety. In areas that do not have a tropical climate they will need to be grown indoors. Chamaecostus cuspidatus - 'Fiery Costus' is a small perennial ginger plant that is evergreen in warm climates, but dies back in cooler climes. The 4" long fleshy dark green leaves spiral round the stem and the 2" bright orange "crepe paper".flowers appear in Summer
Contributed by @bel
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Fiery Costus
Latin name
Chamaecostus cuspidatus syn. costus cuspidatus
type
Rhizomatous perennial
family
Costaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.65 M
Chamaecostus cuspidatus syn. costus cuspidatus
Costus is a tropical fleshy-leafed perennial plant, the leaves spiralling up the stem. In Summer it bears cone-shaped inflorescences with small flowers around. The plants can grow quite large, depending on the variety. In areas that do not have a tropical climate they will need to be grown indoors. Chamaecostus cuspidatus - 'Fiery Costus' is a small perennial ginger plant that is evergreen in warm climates, but dies back in cooler climes. The 4" long fleshy dark green leaves spiral round the stem and the 2" bright orange "crepe paper".flowers appear in Summer
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
The exotic-looking cone-shaped flowers appear through Summer
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Costus likes moist, free-draining soil. In anywhere other than tropical climates they will need to be grown indoors. Container-grown plants will need annual re-potting
Propagating by division of rhizomes
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
The rhizomes can be divided in winter to extract new plants. Dig up the whole clump, or a section of the clump, (or remove from the pot), and shake off the soil. You will see a clump of fleshy rhizomes with many shoots. Remove any dead or unhealthy rhizomes, and divide the rest, making sure each division has at least two or three shoots. Re-plant immediately.
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