Roscoea cautleyoides

Also Known As

Roscoea yannanensis
Woodland Ginger

Plant type

perennial, groundcover, bulb / corm / tuber

size

H: 16"-24"
W: 4"-6"

planting zones

6a-9b

More Options

Roscoea cautleyoides plant details

Roscoea cautleyoides is a broadleaf deciduous perennial groundcover bulb / corm / tuber with green foliage. In spring and summer yellow flowers emerge. Features grassy texture. Grows well with dappled shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Roscoea cautleyoides

Plant type: perennial groundcover bulb / corm / tuber
Plant family: zingiberaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 4 IN - 6 IN - wide, 16 IN - 24 IN - tall
Flowers: yellow blooms in spring and summer
Uses: easy-to-grow, long-blooming, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Roscoea cautleyoides

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: dappled shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This is the pale yellow version, with rather large flowers blooming over a long period in summer. The leaves are narrower and less bulky compared to most other large flowering species. Easy to grow in well drained soil. May be shipped as bare root early spring.

By: Edelweiss Perennials

Once described by British garden author, William Robinson as possessing “...a beauty quite apart”, this rare Chinese woodland perennial lives up to its reputation as its large, openly hooded ghostlike blooms hover just above tall, lush-looking narrow leaves. Bathed in pale moonlit yellows, the exquisitely strange, yet elegant flowers impart a cool luminosity to a drift of Disporum ‘Night Heron’.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

Blooms late spring. Yellow orchid like flowers, but actually a type of Ginger. Thick tuberous roots, fleshy green foliage. Zone 5-9. 12", China, part shade-sun moist, humus rich

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

One of our favorite Roscoeas (we admittedly love the one we are with at the moment when it comes to these) which distinguishes itself by a haughty erectness (only achieved a great cost at expensive finishing schools) in apparent conflict with the "Do Me Now!" exotic yellow flowers.