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Ceratotheca triloba |
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| Synonym(s) |
Sporledera triloba |
| Common name |
African foxglove |
| Family |
pedaliaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
violet (summer) |
| Size |
4-5' |
| Light |
sun |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late September |
Tall annual, with very upright form. The whole plant, leaves and flowers, is softly fuzzy. Lavender flowers with prominently veined lips start up just as the garden is entering its summer slump. In any year, this is a large plant - but they outdid themselves last season, when they grew taller and bushier than ever. They just kept on blooming till frost!
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back yard island, bogside border Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Sybil N. Phillips | Mar 08, 2006 | I started mine with bottom heat and the germination time was rather fast. They do germinate where ever a seed hits the soil when the weather is warm to hot. One seed catalog states that they are rare which is hard to believe as they are good germinators. It also listed Zones 9 and 10. I am Zone 7/8 and no problem. THEy bloom until frost and I think they might would live through the winter. |
| Robert J. Campbell | Jul 28, 2006 | I have enjoyed this plant the last two summers. Just wanted to add that the plant can be made shorter but broader and fuller, both of foliage and flowers,
by pinching back after the first blossoms appear. I also pinch once at an early stage, when about 6 inches tall. |
- Seed from '01 trade. Celltray with bottom heat (67%G, 7-16d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (40%G, 4-7d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (87%G, 7d)
- Seed from '05 garden. Baggy 70F (78%G, 5-9d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (80%G, 4d)
Not sure why the mixed results on the same seed, but easy overall.
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April 20, 2008
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