PACKAGE OF 10 SEEDS of Sinningia cardinalis
Sinningia cardinalis
is a great garden plant. seeds are very tiny but easy to grow from
seeds, Can be grown in full sun along the coast. It does fine with
afternoon shade elsewhere. The salmon color is great and the fuzzy white
leaves are a treasure. It is quite often sold by succulent growers
because of the exposed caudex which can be quite attractive. The flowers
are beautiful
Sinningia
is a genus in the Gesneriaceae family that is mostly tuberous --
although some species are fibrous-rooted shrubs and some produce only
rudimentary tubers. A few species are "stoloniferous," producing
satellite tubers ( S. tubiflora), and most species are
lithophytes (growing on rocks) or epiphytes, rather than truly
terrestrial. With over 70 species, the genus spans from Central America
all the way south to Argentina; however, the largest concentration of
species are found in eastern and southern Brazil, where they grow in
both the humid Atlantic rainforest and the rocky savannah known as
"campos rupestres." To this genus belongs the common florist "gloxinia" (S. speciosa), as well as some miniature species (S. pusilla, S. concinna and the newly discovered S. sp. "Rio das Pedras"), and S. leucotricha, which is well sought after by growers of succulents (unfortunately, this latter plant is often grown erroneously as S. canescens,
a different species). Many plants in the genus make attractive
houseplants or garden subjects, and those from southern Brazil and
Argentina specially have proven to be hardy to zone 7 (or even 6) in the
U.S. In addition to attractive flowers, some species are grown for
their beautiful pubescent haired leaves (S. leucotricha, S. hatschbachii, S. canescens, S. globulosa). Succulent growers also grow many species, particularly those with large exposed tubers (such as S. bulbosa, S. macrostachya, S. lineata).
Flower color is mostly red, although some species have orange,
yellowish, lavender-purple, green and white flowers (with or without
spots). A few species also have fragrant flowers.
The seeds were
took this season, seeds are Super tiny but easy to grow from seeds,
please before email me thinking your package arrived with no seeds check
the plastic envelope thru the light, seeds are like brown powder, not
easy to handle but easy to grow after place them on wet soil,
instructions are listed on my ebay store under store pages on left side
under how to grow cactus and succulents from seeds, We have a lot of
extremely rare cactus if you want something rare let me know and I will
listing for you. Questions? feel free to email me.