General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Also sold as:
  • Roscoea cautleoides

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-07

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