Achimenes antirrhina. This species is an upright perennial with paired leaves that are toothed, dark green and are about 10cm long. The flowers are single cream or yellow blooms which are borne from the summer to the autumn.
Perennial, Deciduous, Shrub or Herbaceous
Mexico, Guatemala
The showy flowers.
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They are frost tender, min 10C, and will prefer bright light but not direct sun, and well drained soil. Allow to dry out after flowering and store rhizomes in a frost free place over winter.
Division of rhizomes or by seed, if available, in spring or by stem cuttings in summer.
Greenfly, thrips and red spider mite may be problems.
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