Gesneriads in the perennial border

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Posted by eric_oh 6a (My Page) on

Sun, Sep 7, 14 at 13:00

Most of them are hardy only in zones 7 on south, but treated as temperennials elsewhere, some are very adaptable to border conditions, flowering for months and increasing their tubers and rhizomes from year to year.

Pictured are Achimenes "Purple King" (whose rhizomes have reproduced to the point of making a sizable flowering patch) and Gloxinia "Evita" (elsewhere I have a planting of this 10 feet long by two feet wide).

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Posted by dbarron Z6/7 (Oklahoma) (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 7, 14 at 14:23

Eric, I've known people that plant achimenes, and got good increase (and flowers), but don't the leaves often look ratty (seems I remember that...but was when I was a kid). I've only grown them in pots...I think I'm thinking of water spotting dmg.

And umm Gloxinia? It looks more like a nemanthus or some such (stemmed)? Or is it one of those new sinningia species they started saying are perennial in the south ?

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Posted by eric_oh 6a (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 7, 14 at 17:02

Achimenes foliage holds up pretty well here. "Purple King" may be a tougher border plant than other varieties.

And yes, it's Gloxinia "Evita" (I've also seen it listed as Seemania "Evita").

Next year I might try growing one or both of these up against the house wall, mulch well for winter and see if they return in spring.

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