One of the best reasons for growing your own plants from seed is to be able to add those unusual beauties to your garden that arent often offered as seedlings at garden stores and greenhouses in spring. One such plant is the tongue-twistingly named salpiglossis, also called painted tongue or satin flower. As you might expect from one of its common names, the 3-inch, funnel-shaped flowers of this Chilean native have a gorgeous, velvety texture, in addition to a striking array of colors etched with vivid veining. Blossoms come in shades of pink, red, purple, orange, gold, yellow and mahogany. Bi-color varieties are available in exquisite combinations of hues with contrastingly colored veins. To find out more about starting salpiglossis from seed, go to bit.ly/1g9FQ1r
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:40:30 +0000
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