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Gloxinia.....


Gloxinia.....

First time we have grown these...



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Velvety.

15 Aug, 2020

 

Takes me back to my first born as I was given a stunning purple Gloxinia to celebrate his birth ... no idea why! It was the end of November so heating was on in the house ... plant promptly died within a week ... :o(

15 Aug, 2020

 

Shirley.......what a pity, they are such gorgeous plants..
Anget they are just like velvet......

15 Aug, 2020

 

No worries Dotty ... son will be 40 this year ... at least he thrived!!

15 Aug, 2020

 

Fabulous colour Dd

16 Aug, 2020

 

Thanks Amy.....

16 Aug, 2020

 

Gorgeous vivid pink, Dd! A perfect detailed pic too. Just love the deep velvety colour...

16 Aug, 2020

 

Thank you Kate....they have not been a great success.....the leaves are far too large, and the whole plant is ungainly ......nothing like the illustration......

17 Aug, 2020

 

Lovely colour DD. Haven't seen one of these for ages.

20 Aug, 2020

 

Beautiful, DD! They don't seem to be so widely seen these days as they once were.

I grew some many years ago when they were more popular. I also seem to remember my wife once brought home a couple of them in pots that had dried out so much they had reduced the price to almost nothing & she brought them home from the supermarket where she worked. They recovered & I think I managed to save them for flowering the following year as well!

20 Aug, 2020

 

Balcony well done......they haven’t been easy plants to grow .........I fell in love with the photograph....but the plant is nothing like, what we have growing ......

21 Aug, 2020



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