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juneroses_gw

Cuphea schumannii...not!

11 years ago

Several weeks ago I was sorting thru my old seed stash and found some cuphea schumannii. Apparently I wasn't successful on the first try because I don't have the plant. At the time, I probably had too many seedlings going.

This time I thought, why not give it my full attention. I put the pot with newly planted seeds on my lanai so I wouldn't forget about it. C. schumannii gets such high marks as a hummer plant and I've been adding more orange to the garden so I was thrilled when seedlings popped up.

As they grew bigger I noticed serrated leaves which didn't look like the online pictures. When buds formed recently they didn't look tube shaped. The plant finally opened this AM - a pretty violet torenia!


I think I had torenia as a pot plant last year. Apparently It left seeds behind. I'm happy to have it but hopes for a robust c. schumannii have been dashed.

The good news is that the hummers have plenty of other plants upon which to feast so no one is going without. - June



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