Roscoea ‘Red Gurkha’ AGM (1 litre pot)

Description

Roscoea ‘Red Gurkha’ is a much sought after, highly distinctive brick red flowering Roscoea. It has strong stems, and is compact and clump-forming and flowers later in the summer from mid-July to early September. It has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit and is synonymous with Roscoea purpurea f. rubra. 

Roscoea are robust, herbaceous perennials in the ginger family.  They are suitable for the front of borders, in a rock garden or grown in a container.  With orchid-like flowers in the summer they can be found in colours ranging from white and cream through pinks, brick reds and purples.  They have tuberous, fleshy roots (similar in appearance to dahlia) that become dormant in late autumn, with strap shaped leaves from April onwards.  Some appearing above ground as late as June in the case of Roscoea ‘Red Gurkha’.  They are hardy throughout the British Isles. 

Roscoea grow well in light, dappled shade.  They grow in any moist, free draining soil.  They are frost hardy in the garden when planted at the right depth (10-15cm below surface).  They can also be grown successfully in pots and containers where some frost protection is recommended during severe frosts. 

To find out more about planting your Roscoea ‘Red Gurkha’  please see our Roscoea Planting Advice page. 

Our selection of Roscoea includes four with the prefix ‘Harvington‘.  These are a set of distinctive plants bred by Hugh Nunn 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.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/planttrials/trials2.asp?trialnum=1436

They have also featured in the RHS publication ‘The Garden’ (January 2016). 

https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/publications/the-garden