Seemannia nematanthodes Highlight two feet a year when

two feet a year when young

Where the climate suits

a low informal hedge

where it had come in as Smilax fragrans

A member of the Proteaceae

Seemannia nematanthodes Highlight two feet a year whenSeemannia (Gloxinia) nematanthodes which we originally (and mistakenly) offered as Achimenes heterophylla, produces very showy bright red inflated flowers in late summer above dark velvety green leaves. A somewhat succulent perennial, forming colonies to about one foot tall from tubers that look like little pinecones. This plant will over winter in the South but should have a winter mulch. As weather warms, remove this covering to allow new shoots to