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Harvington Roscoea tubers available to pre-order now!

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Harvington Imperial

Roscoea are stunning yet robust herbaceous perennials with orchid-like flowers. Our Harvington Roscoea tubers are now available to pre-order and will be despatched from March 2022 onwards. We have ten to choose from, colours ranging from white and cream through pinks, brick reds and purples.

Roscoea are suitable for the front of borders, in a rock garden or grown in a container.  Early varieties such as R. cautleyoides flower in May, most flower in June but the later varieties such as R. ‘Summer Deep Purple’, R. ‘Harvington Imperial’ and R. ‘Wisley Amethyst’ flower in July and R. ‘Red Gurkha’ flowers in August and even into early September. They have tuberous, fleshy roots (similar in appearance to dahlia) that become dormant in late autumn, whilst new shoots will start to appear from April onwards. 

The Roscoea tubers that we offer include five with the prefix of ‘Harvington’. These are a set of distinctive plants bred by Hugh Nunn in the village of Harvington in the Vale of Evesham and selected for their beauty, vigour and garden worthiness.  Several have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in recognition of these characteristics.

Pre-order your Roscoea tubers now and look forward to a stunning display in your summer garden!