Roscoea cautyloides is a perennial member of the ginger family with orchid-like flowers formed largely from staminodes rather than true petals. It dies back each year to a short, vertical rhizome with tuberous roots. Native to cooler mountainous regions of Asia, it produces its flowering stems in early summer. Flowers appear June to August.

Roscoea cautyloides is a perennial ginger with orchid-like flowers that bloom June to August in cool, open or woodland-edge spots.

Roscoea cautyloides

Roscoea cautyloides | Alpine ginger for cool gardens

Roscoea forrestii is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R.

Roscoea forrestii 'Ice Maiden' is a hardy perennial for partial shade, ideal for rock gardens and underplanting, with year-round seasonal interest.

Roscoea forrestii 'Ice Maiden'

Roscoea humeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial occurring in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.

Roscoea humeana 'Purple Streaker' is a hardy perennial for partial shade, ideal for rock gardens and underplanting roses, with year-round interest.

Roscoea humeana 'Purple Streaker'

Roscoea purpurea 'Typico' is a deciduous perennial cultivar within the Roscoea genus, which is known for its tuberous roots and orchid-like flowers. This cultivar grows with a columnar upright habit and thrives in partial shade, ideally in sheltered locations with moist but well-drained neutral loam soil. It is hardy to UK zone H5 and is suitable for use in cottage and informal gardens, rock gardens, flower borders, and as underplanting beneath roses and shrubs. 'Typico' offers seasonal interest from spring through to autumn.

Roscoea purpurea 'Typico' is a hardy deciduous perennial with orchid-like flowers, thriving in partial shade for year-round garden interest.

Roscoea purpurea 'Typico'

Roscoea purpurea f. alba is a deciduous perennial cultivar of the Roscoea genus, known for its columnar upright habit and orchid-like flowers. It thrives in partial shade with a preference for north- or east-facing, sheltered positions, growing best in moist but well-drained loam soil with a neutral pH. This cultivar is hardy to UK zone H5 and is suitable for cottage and informal gardens, rock gardens, flower borders, and underplanting of roses and shrubs. It flowers from spring through to autumn, adding seasonal interest throughout the year.

Roscoea purpurea f. alba is a hardy deciduous perennial with orchid-like flowers, ideal for shaded borders and rock gardens from spring to winter.

Roscoea purpurea f. alba

Roscoea schneideriana is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant found in China, in Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan.

Roscoea schneideriana is a hardy perennial flowering in spring and summer, ideal for shaded rock gardens, borders, and underplanting roses.