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[gardenofeden]

my Lapageria rosea always seem to decide that this is the time of year to flower, just when frosts are imminent!  Qhite hardy, survives in a pot in my yard outdoors all year as well as planted out against a sunny fence.  Does not seem too fussy about lime in my experience.

[Bob H]

What a lovely flower Stephen :-)

[pulsar]

unless you grow it with a warmer winter temperature it always flowers very late in the year(or so ive found anyway)
rob

[Alexander Nijman]

Hello,

I have seen Lapageria roseam, copihue, in the wild in Chili. The places I have seen it where near Pucon and on Cerro Nielol in Temuco. They start flowering there at the end of summer and continue until early winter. In the winter a lot of humingbirds from higher areas in the mountains overwinter lower down in the valleys. Then the Lapagerias are flowering and thus taking advance of the presents of a lot of these pollinators. Lapageria in the wild grows always in shade or semishade in evergreen  forest and like a humid cool climate. In the wild they get sometimes snow and in Temuco it gets during the night sometimes as cold as -6 Celcius.
Its easy to seed but you need to plant the fresh seeds imediatly in the autumn. Keep the pot with the soil and seeds cool and they will germinate in spring.
Its one of my favorites.
Another relative is Philesia magellanica worth growing. Grows in the wild with Pinguicula antarctica and Drosera uniflora.

Regards,

Alexander