Seemannia nematanthodes Highlight takes heavy clay and standing

takes heavy clay and standing water in stride

a low informal hedge

two feet a year when young

each a different theory and not one of them proven

where it had come in as Smilax fragrans

Seemannia nematanthodes Highlight takes heavy clay and standingSeemannia (Gloxinia) nematanthodes which we originally (and mistakenly) offered as Achimenes heterophylla, produces very showy bright red inflated flowers in late summer above dark velvety green leaves. A somewhat succulent perennial, forming colonies to about one foot tall from tubers that look like little pinecones. This plant will over winter in the South but should have a winter mulch. As weather warms, remove this covering to allow new shoots to