Costus Erythrophyllus Rubra
Oxblood Ginger
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. 'Oxblood Ginger' has waxy dark green leaves with dark red undersides, and white and pink showy flowers
Contributed by @skellyshelly
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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
Oxblood Ginger
Latin name
Costus Erythrophyllus Rubra
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
0.70 M
1.00 M
Costus Erythrophyllus Rubra
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. 'Oxblood Ginger' has waxy dark green leaves with dark red undersides, and white and pink showy flowers
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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