Our selection of Roscoea includes five with the prefix \u2018Harvington\u2019. These are distinctive plants selected for their beauty, distinctiveness, vigour and garden worthiness. Several have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society\u2019s Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in recognition of these characteristics.<\/p>\n
Roscoea are robust herbaceous perennials in the ginger family. They are suitable for the front of borders, a rock garden or grown in a container. With orchid-like flowers in the summer they can be found in colours ranging from white and cream through pinks, brick reds and purples. They have tuberous, fleshy roots (similar in appearance to dahlia) that become dormant in late autumn, with strap shaped leaves from April onwards. They are hardy throughout the British Isles.<\/p>\n
Roscoea grow well in light, dappled shade. The grow in any moist, free draining soil. They are frost hardy in the garden when planted at the right depth (10-15cm below surface).<\/p>\n\n\t\t