Cheilocostus speciosus
- Product number: 641990
- Origin: Southeast Asia and India
- Latin: Cheilocostus speciosus (old name/syn: Costus speciosus)
A spectacular ginger relative, native to the damp, shaded jungles of Southeast Asia and India. The plant owes its Dutch name to its fabulous, snow-white flowers, whose texture strikingly resembles fine, crinkled crepe paper.
They appear at the end of summer like a dazzling firework from deep red, cone-shaped bracts. But even before flowering, it is pure enjoyment: the sturdy stems grow upwards in an elegant, spiral twist, covered with lush green leaves that are silky soft and hairy on the underside.
An absolute eye-catcher that has also been highly praised in Ayurveda for centuries for its medicinal properties.
- Latin: Cheilocostus speciosus (old name/syn: Costus speciosus)
- Dutch: Crepe ginger
- English: Spiral Ginger
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- Flower colour: White
- Origin: Southeast Asia and India
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Multi-year
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- Winter hardy: Not frost resistant
- Ease of cultivation: Average
- Latin: Cheilocostus speciosus (old name/syn: Costus speciosus)
- Dutch: Ginger crepe
- Also known as: N/A
- English: Spiral Ginger
