Achimenes

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Achimenes 'Peach Blossom'

Achimenes 'Peach Blossom' is a charming trailing perennial cultivar from the Gesneriaceae family that produces dainty, trumpet-shaped light pink or rose-pink flowers from June through October.

Plant Overview

Common Names: Hot water plant, magic flower, widow's tears, or Cupid's bower.

Appearance: Features dark-green leaves and single, light-pink or periwinkle-rose flowers (about 1 to 3 inches across) often with a darker ring or contrasting throat around the center.

Growth Habit: Spreading and trailing, making it ideal for containers, pots, and hanging baskets.

Height: Grows roughly 20 cm (8 inches) to 1–2 feet tall depending on conditions

Achimenes 'Harry Williams'

Achimenes 'Harry Williams' is a hybrid rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the Gesneriaceae family, commonly known as a hot water plant or magic flower

Plant Characteristics

Flowers: Pansy or petunia-shaped blooms that emerge crimson-red before morphing into a rich crimson-violet or deep purple-red, featuring a contrasting yellow throat accented with tiny mahogany dots.

Foliage: Unusually fuzzy, textured green leaves on short or trailing stems, sometimes with purple undersides.

Size: Grows roughly 8 inches to 16 inches (20 cm to 40 cm) tall and spreads up to 12 inches wide.

Growth Cycle: Deciduous and herbaceous perennial that goes through a natural winter and spring dormancy, dying back to scaly underground rhizomes before sprouting again in late spring or early summer.

Achimenes 'Cattleya'

Achimenes 'Cattleya' is a charming tender, rhizomatous perennial cultivar belonging to the Gesneriaceae family, celebrated for its prolific, orchid-like blooms.

Plant Characteristics

Blooms: Features trumpet-shaped, violet-blue or periwinkle-blue flowers adorned with delicate veining and soft white or yellowish throats.

Foliage: Displays fuzzy, soft green to bluish-green leaves on slender, trailing stems.

Size: Grows compactly to a height and width of about 6 to 12 inches, making it ideal for smaller spaces.

Bloom Time: Flowers continuously from mid-summer through early autumn before entering dormancy

Achimenes mexicana

Achimenes mexicana is a dwarf, deciduous rhizomatous perennial from the Gesneriaceae family, commonly known as the Mexican Achimenes, Mexican Magic Flower, or Mexican Hot Water Plant.

Plant Description

Flowers: Trumpet-shaped, blue to purple corollas featuring a pure white throat with a broad entrance and speckled yellow eyes.

Foliage: Toothed, dark green leaves covered in fine hair-like trichomes.

Growth Habit: Compact, bushy, or trailing, reaching about 15 to 50 cm in height and spread.

Blooming Season: Prolific blooms from early summer (June/July) through October

Achimenes 'Pulcherrima

Achimenes 'Pulcherrima is a compact, tuberous perennial plant famous for producing vibrant, trumpet-shaped purple flowers with a contrasting white and yellow center.

Plant Overview