Blue Ginger - Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Bring colour into shaded areas of your garden with the Blue Ginger. This soft stemmed, perennial produces glossy, green leaves that are spirally arranged on ginger like stems and spikes of deep purple, cup shaped flowers during autumn. This highly decorative plant is ideal for warm climate gardens where it can be planted in shady rockeries and borders. It is also a beautiful container plant for patios and verandahs. This plant grows best in a sheltered spot that is protected from direct sun and frost. It thrives in a shady to partly shaded position in moist, humus enriched soil.

Available in 140mm pot