Description
Great pastel lemon calceolaria for the border.
We released our own strain of this wonderfully large flowering border Calceolaria in spring 2019. Its a real delight and eyecatcher with its thick stems leading to large cluster heads of pastel lemon flowers raised high over large lemon foliage. This once established is hard to damage as survived even the harshest environments we could throw at it. We recommend placing in the border or large alpine rock garden. We have also had great success in containers although it will out compete other plants. A real joy to have for sale.
Flowering: Spring-Summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 40-60cm
Spread: 40cm+
Further information:
Cut back slightly into foliage in early October to shape plant for following years blooms. This plant will reshoot from the base.
Common Name: Slipperwort / Slipper Flower / Pocketbook Plant / Pouch Flower
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Calceolariaceae
Foliage: obovate
Basic Colour: ( yellow )
Flower Colour: yellow / red
Natural Flowering: April – July
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 60cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / well-drained
Soil ph: acidic / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant
Pruning: cut back old flowers to encourage further blooms
Tolerates: drought tolerant
Origin: Chile – Peru
Lesley Hall (verified owner) –
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Growing in pot, not decided on final position yet
Matt C. (verified owner) –
Wendy Rowden (verified owner) –