The Codonanthe are coming!

Codonanthe digna -Pink form

 The Codonanthe are coming!

 

            Codonanthe are so obscure that nobody gets to see them.  But his small trailing species meets a lot of the rules for a commercial plant.

 

            It has white flowers, self-branches, can take hot or cold, sun or shade, dry but not too wet.  Propagate by cuttings or seed.

 

            Seed is the way to go.  It self-pollinates often to form green berries that ripen to orange so you can find them on your plant.  Harvest the ripe berries and squish them out on paper to dry for a day.  Then scrape them up to collect the seed.  You may get 10+ seed per berry.

 

            I’ve been describing the clone that I have here now.  The names have been confused but it may be Codonanthe digna.  Others are C. carnosa and C. devosiana.

 

            So why don’t we see this small flowering plant everywhere?  Same as always, somebody must do it.

 

            Codonanthe is a rugged plant for small hanging baskets.  You need one of these flowering trailers --- if you can find one.

Codonanthe carnosa 'Libby'

Codonanthe carnosa 'Libby' -bigger flowers and leaves