Jim: We have grown Titanotrichium oldhamii for many years and it starts flowering in late summer. It's quite a stunner. Typical light shade woodland conditions seem to be perfect for it. At 02:14 PM 6/23/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Tony, you mentioned Titanotrichium oldhamii in your list of hardy >gesneriads. > >Although I've never seen it, I've never forgotten the description of it in >the Elbert's Miracle Houseplants: evidently, it's like a late-blooming 5 >foot yellow foxglove. I'd say that there is definitely a so-far-unfilled >garden niche for a plant like that! > >Does it do well for you or does it just barely survive? When does it bloom? > >This plant has been in cultivation for over a half century, yet it's >virtually unknown, so there must be a catch! > >Jim McKenney > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent