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Roscoea wardii is a hardy perennial tuberous plant in the ginger family, native to mountains from eastern Arunachal Pradesh to western Yunnan. It is grown for its deep purple orchid-like flowers and is best kept cool and moist during its growing season.
Roscoea wardii is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring from eastern Arunachal Pradesh in India to western Yunnan in China. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but like other species of Roscoea, R. wardii grows in much colder mountainous regions.
R. wardii was included in a trial of Roscoea held by the Royal Horticultural Society from 2009 to 2011. It proved hardy with a rating of H4 (hardy though most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at winter altitude and central/northerly locations). It was given the Award of Garden Merit, subject to availability, and currently holds the award.
Roscoea wardii is found in mountainous regions along the borders between Tibet, Yunnan (China), Arunachal Pradesh (India) and Burma.
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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.
