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Welcome to our plant search tool. This database contains many of the thousands of plants that we carry. There are some notable exceptions. Hundreds of new perennials come out every year and Make It Green has been a leader in making them available to you. Eventually the recent introductions will make it to our plant search tool but every year there will be a lag between our in-store plant selection and this search tool. Unfortunately this search tool can't cover everything that we will carry this year. We also carry over 100 varieties of rare and unusual evergreens and over 100 varieties of hard-to-find shrubs many of which are not in the plant search. Click on the Plant List button for a list of nearly all the woody plants (trees, shrubs and evergreens) that we have ordered or already have in stock for this coming year.
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia*
Lophospermum 'Sun-asaro'
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
Height: 10 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Group/Class: Lofos Series
Brand: Proven Winners
Description:
This lovely, fast growing variety can be trained up trellises, cascaded over garden walls, or spill over containers or baskets; showy wine-red tubular flowers bloom steadily from spring to fall; a tremendous garden or patio accent plant
Ornamental Features
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia features showy dark red tubular flowers along the stems from mid spring to mid fall. Its serrated pointy leaves remain green in colour throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia is an herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Container Planting
- Hanging Baskets
Planting & Growing
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Lofos® Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
