Lapageria roseaExacting in its
requirements, this most beautiful of climbers needs cool moist
acid soil in shade, absolutely hates direct sun for any length of
time. The flowers are a beautiful shade of cherry red and show up
well against the dark leathery evergreen leaves, they are large
and waxy. In flower from July through to March. Due to its
flowering period and the fact that new growth can be frost
damaged it needs a sheltered wall (min -4c) or grow it down the
shady end of the conservatory. The straight species has an AGM and seed grown plants produce very attractive results in varying shades of red and pink |