Open AccessOrnamental Costus
Author(s) -
Dave Skinner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ornamental horticulture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2447-536X
DOI - 10.14295/oh.v22i3.984
Subject(s) - ornamental plant , identification (biology) , cultivar , botany , genus , biology , geography
In recent years the spiral gingers (genus Costus) have become more and more popular as ornamental garden plants. Dave Skinner describes these plants, including his approach to identification of New World Costus, corrections to some common identification errors, information about cold hardy species, and information about Costus hybrids and cultivars.