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Ornamental - Widely cultivated as ornamental plants for their showy flowers and attractive foliage. The seeds can be used as birdseed, and the rhizomes have been used medicinally in some cultures.
Cultivated worldwide
Thrives in full sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained soils. Often grown in flower beds, borders, and containers.
It is clump-forming perennial reaching 60-200 cm in height with a spread of 30-60 cm.
Stem is herbaceous, erect, fleshy, unbranched, and smooth, reaching 60- 200 cm in height and 1-3 cm in diameter.
Leaves are large, elongated, lanceolate to elliptical, spirally arranged, 20- 60 cm long and 5-12 cm wide, with a green to blue-green color and a glossy surface.
Flowers are hermaphrodite, showy, trumpet-shaped, solitary or borne in terminal racemes of 3 to 15 flowers, with 3 colorful petals (red, orange, yellow, pink, or white) that are 5-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, and 3 smaller sepals that are green or similar in color to the petals.
Fruit is ellipsoid to globose capsule, 2-4 cm long and 1- 2 cm wide, containing numerous black, globose seeds.
Flowering: June - September.