EASTERN EUROPE REINVENTS A CLASSIC November 12, 2013 Once as common as ferns in a Victorian Fernery, the Florist Gloxinia and Cape Primrose, (Streptocarpus) they fell out of fashion in the late… Continue Reading
A hardy gloxinia -Sinningia tubiflora July 13, 2010 I think I have finally mastered growing Sinningia tubiflora, one of the many new ‘hardier’ gesneriads, those plants in the African Violet family, which… Continue Reading
Achimenes November 4, 2007 A line-up of Achimenes showing the variety and diversity between various species and named varietites available. Isn’t it funny how even though one may… Continue Reading
thmells and thounds like Smithiantha September 13, 2007 Smithiantha ‘Big Dots Rule’ This summer I decided to grow a number of more unusual Gesneriads, all members of Gesneriaceae, the family which includes… Continue Reading
