Red Bicolor Salpiglossis from the Giant Emperor Mix #5
by J McCombie
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Red Bicolor Salpiglossis from the Giant Emperor Mix #5
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J McCombie
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Want beautiful blooms that offer a kaleidoscope of color and glossy, spectacular details? Well, you will surely love Salpiglossis! This plant produces orchid like flowers that posses flamboyant pigment shadings highlighted by vivid veins of gold. Salpiglossis (Salpiglossis sinuata) is often called, "painted tongue" and the reason why is quite obvious. It is also called "velvet flower" because of the petal texture. Painted tongue plants, which sometimes display more than one color on a single plant, has many varieties that come in jewel tones of lilac, azure or near blue, violet or purple, red or scarlet, rose, brown, orange, beige or cream, lemon-yellow and gold. Most of them are overlaid with veins and other patterns of rich contrasting color. In a closer view, the overlaid veins and patterns resemble a stained glass. Salpiglossis is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, is a South American native (native of Chile) thrives in areas with long periods of cool weather and blooms from spring until the plant begins to fade in midsummer. Salpiglossis often produces a late-season burst of color when temperatures drop in autumn. In truth, it is not recommended for dry and hot regions. Salpiglossis are ideal for the center of beds or borders as long as other plants cover their somewhat untidy feet. Do the same with containers. Locate them in the center and surround them with lower-growing plants and trailers. It makes a good cut flower or as container plants in full sunlight. If you want to showcase somewhat unusual and beautiful, Salpiglossis will make it work!
Salpiglossis sinuata is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant growing to 60 cm (2.0 ft) tall, rarely up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall. The leaves are 410 cm (1.63.9 in) long, elliptic to lanceolate, with a wavy, lobed or toothed margin. The flowers have a five-lobed funnel-shaped corolla, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long and 5.5 cm (2.2 in) diameter, each lobe with a notched apex, velvety in texture, either violet or orange, and have contrasting darker stripes along each petal.
Of the two species in its genus, Salpiglossis sinuata is the more commonly grown as an ornamental plant for gardens. It was introduced to the northern hemisphere in the 1820s. A number of cultivars have been selected for different flower colours. Many of the plants sold under the common name of salpiglossis or painted tongue are hybrid cultivars that are primarily derived from Salpiglossis sinuata. As a group, these cultivars are upright annuals that grow to 1.5-3 tall on somewhat weak stems clad with lanceolate green leaves (to 4 long) with wavy margins. Leaves and stems are typically hairy and sticky. Open-faced, Funnel-shaped, wide-throated, 5-lobed flowers (to 2-2 1/2 wide) in clusters bloom from the upper leaf axils in the cool temperatures of late spring to early summer, with continued bloom throughout summer usually occurring only in cool summer areas. Flower colors typically include shades of red, orange, yellow, bronze, violet or purple, usually with marbling or contrasting veins in different colors. Popular selections available in commerce include Bolero Hybrids (Bolero is a tall strain growing to 21/2 feet, with many different flower colors and variants), Casino Series (Casino Blade is deep maroon), Friendship Series (Dwarf Friendship Mixture blooms on 15-inch plants), Royale Hybrids and Splash Mixture plus individual cultivars such as Kew Blue (Kew Blue has been selected for blue flowers laced with gold veins). Genus name comes from the Greek words salpinx (tube) and glossa (tongue) in probable reference to the shape of the corolla and style.
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