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Costus comosus
Red tower ginger (Costus comosus) is a rhizomatous tropical herb from southern Mexico to Ecuador, grown for its red bracts that stack into a cone-like flower head. It does best in warm, humid, partly shaded conditions with steady moisture.
Costus comosus, known as red tower ginger, is a species of plant native to South Mexico to Ecuador.
As a cultivated plant,Costus comosus is cold hardy; however, if it freezes back to the ground over the winter it is unlikely to flower.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Costus comosus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
