Gloxinia

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Gloxinias have brilliantly colored trumpet-shaped flowers and very beautiful, large, flat, velvety mid-green leaves. The blooms vary in color from rich crimson, deep red, violet and white to various combinations of such colors.

Some forms, called the tigrina gloxinias, have flowers heavily spotted or delicately veined in these colors on a white background, and others have frilled edges, touched with white.

Gloxinias can be grown from seed, cuttings or tubers in late winter/early spring my Great Grandmother grew several varieties, I just have this white one, and thinking I need more!

These are often sold in pots in florist shops but are a hardy perennial to zones 6 – 9.  Native to Central and South America, Gloxinia require very little special treatment when provided with suitable growing conditions; these plants thrives in warm, full sun locations with well-drained soil.