Sinningia hardiness reports

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:15:33 PDT
John:

	Very interesting report on the hardy gesneriads.  My report from Zone 7b
is attached below.  Interesting on Don's report on S. tubiflora and S.
sellovii.  I wonder about the light levels.  These both need to bake in
full sun to grow and flower well.

Gesneriad Hardiness at Plant Delights Nursery
6/1/05 update

Sinningias

Hardy
aggregata x tubiflora
‘Apricot Bouquet' x self (40% survival)(hybrids of aggregata, tubiflora,
warmingii)
‘Apricot Bouquet' x selovii (hybrids of aggregata, tubiflora, warmingii,
sellovii)
conspicua
conspicua GRF9942
curtiflora
(‘Krezdorn Yellow' x self) x ‘Apricot Bouquet' (aggregata, tubiflora,
warmingii)
large flowered hybrids (conspicua, eumorpha, Georgia Sunset)
leucotricha
sellovii
sp. aff warmingii ‘Esmeril'
speciosa ‘Carangola' - 10%
‘Tante'
tubiflora

Hardy Gloxinia

‘Chic'
gymnostoma
nemanthatoides
purpurescens

Hardy Achimines

‘Harry Williams'
‘Purple King'
‘Verschafeltii'

Misc Hardy Gesneriads

Eucodonia ‘Adele'
Titanotrichum oldhamii


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
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