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A large growing species that has been introduced recently from Yunnan. It is of uncertain hardiness but it has survived well in the greenhouse and it is about time I planted one out.
It is now being tested in some gardens locally. I'm not aware of it flowering yet in Cornwall but it did flower in the glasshouse at Wisley in 2025 freely producing
sprays of wine red flowers on a bush about 2m tall. Pan Global plants say: "Big, thick textured, deeply veined, bold exotic foliage; this is like no other Strobilanthes I've ever seen. The leaves develop purple tints above and below late season, especially if grown in sun. Its stout vertical stems reach 1.5m high in one season from the ground, but without frost can reach over 3m! Exact hardiness as yet unknown, as virtually no one grows it, but definitely fine to -5c and with a good mulch should take much lower. The deep-purple flowers are elusive." Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Arunachal Pradesh to China (SW. Yunnan). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome." |
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