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Gloxinia Jingles®
Jingles® flowers through the dreary days of Winter with its massed display of bright orange-red to crimson-red bell shaped
flowers. During this flowering period you can bring your plant indoors for a bright and striking addition to your living areas.
In shady garden beds the massed display of flowers is eye catching.
Jingles® grows best in light shaded areas. With the minimum of care through the year you can expect a great show of
colour to brighten up your garden or home. Flowering begins in April and continues well into winter. Containers, whether
hanging or on a bench, can be moved to prominence when Jingles® is in bloom.
Jingles® is a member of the Gloxinia family. Most would say Gloxinia are temperamental. Jingles® is different in that it
grows from scaly rhizomes with thickish stems holding the leaves aloft. Flowers are borne on the tips of these stems.
Coming from the coastal forests of Bolivia and Peru in South America, Jingles® is generally found in its natural habitat
growing in leaf litter on the forest floor or in crevices in rocks and trunks of trees where light is good. A name change from
Seemannia in recent times has some confused. Kew quite clearly states that this is Gloxinia sylvatica.
Among the gesneriad family of which Jingles® is a part, are many attractive garden plants which are showy when in
flower, and given the right conditions easy to grow. They are non-hardy to frost but will grow well even in cool temperatures
if given Winter protection. Conversely, this gesneriad grows well in the tropics having been found by Redlands growing in
a South Florida garden. Prepare garden beds well by digging in leaf mulch and humus. In pots use a standard free draining
house plant mix. Slow release fertiliser applied in late Spring is necessary for a good show of flowers. No special care is
needed other than to keep the plant moist but not wet.
After flowering is finished, cut the plant back to ground level. It looks drastic but will result in a fuller plant when new shoots
appear in late Spring.
A rewarding show of colour will brighten your life if these few simple guidelines are followed.
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