This plant grows up to 2 feet high with a spread of 20 inches. It is an upright plant with large, lance-shaped, shiny green leaves on reed-like stems. The funnel-shaped, pale orange or yellow flowers are surrounded by maroon-purple bracts and are produced in erect spikes above the leaves in late summer and early fall. This plant is originally found in the Himalayas.

Cautleyas should be grown in deep, fertile, moist soil in full sun. It should have shelter from cold, dry winds.

 Increase your plants by division or seeds in the spring.

Cautleya spicata.