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Freely produced blooms are fuzzy with spotted throats, and leaves are lush and velvety. Care same as for violets, and they do very well in windows (where we grow most of our mature plants), where they will tolerate conditions that others will not. They also make excellent "cut flowers"--just put stems in a vase with water where they will continue to grow and bloom (in water) almost indefinitely!
Shown at left: Kohleria 'Tropical Nights'--one of our favorites! Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
Special Offer:
5 different Kohlerias,
seller's choice $20* OUR NEW VARIETIES FOR 2008: Priced as marked below
Bristol's First Born. Salmon-orange backed blooms
with white to cream face, heavily peppered with fine coral-red dots.
Fuzzy, medium green foliage. Upright, compact, grower. Profuse
bloomer. New! $7.00 Photo near left. FAVORITES FROM OTHER HYBRIDIZERS: $5.00 each (unless noted otherwise) 'Click' highlighted names to view larger pictures. Ampallang. We spotted this at a show and asked for a cutting because it was so spectacular. Plenty of fine, rose-purple speckles on white face. Soft, medium green, upright foliage. Easy and heavy bloomer. $5.00 Bach. Medium to tall growing, with thicker, stiffer, stems than most. Orange, tubular blooms with top lobes rose-red, darker spots, lower lobes yellow with red spots. $5.00 Beethoven. White blooms marbled with streaks and spots of red, with dark fuzzy, dark red backs. Deep green leaves with dark, maroon veining. $5.00 Beltane. Very different blooms with greenish-yellow with spotted face, fuzzy, red-purple tube. $7.00 Out of stock Carnival. A very pretty plant and heavy bloomer. Red, tubular flowers finely dotted with scarlet. Medium green leaves with dark veining. Medium grower and free bloomer. $7.00 Clytie. Gorgeous, compact grower with white blooms densely spotted with heavy orange-red splashes. Fuzzy, medium-dark foliage. Extremely profuse bloomer. Excellent. $5.00 Out of stock. Dragon's Blood. Deep, blood-red blooms with dark red spots on white face. Dark, fuzzy, foliage. $5.00 Emily Roberts. Pinkish-red blooms with dark red spots on cream throat. Lovely mottled leaves. Heavy bloomer, and a very lovely plant. $7.00 Flashdance. Pretty blooms with coral backing and dark crimson spots on white face. Medium green foliage. $6.00 Flirt. A small to compact grower with thin, dark purple-green, fuzzy leaves. Bright carmine-pink blooms with pink spots on white face. $5.00 Ganymede. A small grower, with khaki-brown leaves with lovely coating of grayish-silver hairs. Orange-red blooms and spotted throat. Easy-growing small variety. $5.00 Green Goblin. Very fuzzy blooms with bright orange backing and cream-peach face, covered in dark orange spots. Fuzzy, medium green foliage with silver veining. Good grower and heavy bloomer. $5.00 Jester. Vigorous grower and bloomer. Flowers a lovely shade of amethyst-violet heavily spotted with large red dots on lower face. Velvety leaves. Compact grower. $7.00
lucianii. The most exotic, we think. Very large, deep purplish red-orange blooms with very dark burnt purple-red face, spotted darker red-purple. Stiff, upright, growth. Entire plant and blossom stems thickly covered in fine, red hairs. A slower grower. Wow!! $7.00
Mother's Lipstick. Purple blooms covered with orange hairs, whitish-green face spotted purple. A spectacular, striking bloom. Dark foliage, vigorous grower. $5.00 Out of stock. Napolean V. A terrific, highly recommended plant. Bright orange, fuzzy blooms with cream face spotted darker orange. Dark, upright growing foliage. Easy grower, constant and heavy bloomer. $5.00
Peridot's Potlach. Fuzzy blooms with orange back, bright yellow throat, and yellow face distinctly dotted with dark orange. Medium-dark foliage with some lighter silver veining in center. Good bloomer on compact, upright, grower. New! $6.00 Silver Feather. One of the most beautiful for its unusual foliage. Crimson spots on face of butter-yellow and light orange blooms, with dark orange-red back. Exquisite, slate-gray foliage with broad silver 'feathering' in center. Beautiful! $7.00 Out of stock. trianea. Very exotic, fuzzy, deep burnt-red blooms with spotted face. Stiff, erect foliage. $5.00 Tropical Nights. One of the very best!! Never-ending masses of fuzzy, dark orange-backed blooms with cream throat and face, heavily dotted dark orange. Dark, quilted, upright foliage. Extremely profuse. $7.00 "COLLECTOR'S TREASURE" All plants listed here are in limited supply, and are sold only on an "if available" basis. We do not propagate them on a regular basis, so they may, or may not, be available when you order. Please list substitutes, or be prepared to receive your order without the requested variety, if it becomes unavailable. Brimstone. Gray-green leaves with silver feathering. Excellent, stiff, upright growth habit. Wonderful, blooms with bright orange-red back and upper petals, yellow-peach lower petals and throat, heavily spotted with orange-red. Great plant! $5.00 Dark Velvet. Perhaps our favorite. Very bright, deep orange blooms, spotted on white throat. Very dark, brownish-black, fuzzy leaves. Nice growth habit, free bloomer. Excellent as "cut" material, blooms and foliage will stay fresh indefinitely. $5.00 eriantha. Huge, orange-red flowers with creamy-yellow face spotted red. Deep green leaves edged red. $5.00 Out of stock. grandiflora. A large, upright grower, very aptly named. Large, very bright orange and yellow blooms. A very showy plant with showy blooms for those with the space to grow it. It can be spectacular. $5.00 Out of stock. hirsuta. Unusual species. Soft, fuzzy, medium green leaves. Long, tubular, orange blooms with orange spots on peach face. $5.00 hondensis. Very cute! Very fuzzy, very pouched, orange blooms with 'puckered' yellow lips. Thick, red-green leaves with texture like fine sandpaper. Absolutely adorable! $5.00 Ruby. Lovely carmine-pink blooms, with pink netting and spotting on lower white lobes. Very dark, olive-green, red-backed foliage. Heavy bloomer. $5.00 Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
Special Offer:
5 different Kohlerias,
seller's choice $20*
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relative of the African violet, this member of the gesneriad family is
rhizomatous. This makes them both easy to grow and difficult to kill--even
if the plant "dies", the rhizomes are capable of producing new growth.
They are fast, vigorous, growers--don't be squeamish about cutting them back
occasionally. This will encourage them to branch, grow fuller, and flower
even more. New growth will also appear from the base, easily filling any
size pot.
