Sinningia tubiflora Tony's Favorites bold and lush and a

bold and lush and a glossy mid-green and is an attractive addition to a garden

it provides a very unique vertical element with spikes of red

Aucuba 'Shilpot' is a slow-growing male clone with glossy green foliage

The red flying saucer-like flowers top the clump in late April

The peak time to do this is late winter

Sinningia tubiflora Tony's Favorites bold and lush and a(aka: Sinningia longituba) One of the real joys of gardening is finding a plant that you think can't be hardy and then discovering that it becomes an easy to grow staple in your garden. Such is the case with the hardy gloxinia, Sinningia tubiflora. Forming large underground tubers, Sinningia tubiflora not only lives, but spreads nicely in our rock garden. All summer long, the green, felty leaf clumps are topped with 20" tall spikes of 6" long, very