Saussurea costus seed
LATIN NAME: Saussurea costus
COMMON NAME: Costus Root
The costus root is a plant of the high mountains with a heavy weight of history. The stout, upright perennial carries the large, dark-green, deeply veined leaves, and the round heads of the purple to blackish-blue flowers open through the summer, one of the fine sights of the high meadows. The thick, aromatic root has a very long record of use in the old practice of the East, and the plant remains a steady subject of the studies of the traditional remedies. It is a plant of the cool, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The costus root has a long and particular record in the plant science, studied for the round heads of the purple flowers and the thick, aromatic root. The chemistry of the root, which carries the compounds of the old practice, has been studied closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the traditional remedies, the aromatic roots and the plants of the high meadows. The large, deeply veined leaves and the stout, upright habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the costus root is a regular subject of the studies of the daisy family and the medicinal plants of the mountains.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The costus root carries a heavy load of history in the practice and the study. The thick, aromatic root has a very long record of use in the old practice of the East, and it remains a steady subject of the work on the traditional remedies and the aromatic principles. The round heads of the purple to blackish-blue flowers are also a fine sight of the summer border, drawing the bees of the high meadows, and the stout, bold plant is an easy, generous presence of the sunny garden. It has been written up in the botanical and the herbal papers for the aromatic root and the long record of use, and it is a fine, long-lived plant of the cool, sunny, well-drained garden.
The costus root is a plant of the high mountains with a heavy weight of history, and the thick, aromatic root carries the compounds of the old practice of the East. The round heads of the purple to blackish-blue flowers are one of the fine sights of the summer border, drawing the bees of the high meadows.
To grow the costus root from seed, scatter the fine seeds over the surface of moist, free-draining seed trays, pressing them in lightly, keep the trays in a bright, cool spot and water gently. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the well-drained ground, the purple heads will rise through the summer.