Titanotrichum is a rather oddball plant in the Gesneriaceae. apparently it is native to taiwan and there have been varying reports of its hardiness in zone 7 in the US. years ago, bill price, from vancouver, grew a prize-winning plant (best in show) that was exhibited at the AGGS (american gloxinia & gesneriad society) 2003 convention. see 2 photos here: http://aggs.org/conv2003/pictures/convplants/ scroll down to class 44. jim, i thought you were a member of AGGS or gesneriphiles??? tsuh yang --- Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: > Jim: > We have grown Titanotrichium oldhamii for many > years and it starts > flowering in late summer. It's quite a stunner. > Typical light shade > woodland conditions seem to be perfect for it. > > At 02:14 PM 6/23/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >Tony, you mentioned Titanotrichium oldhamii in your > list of hardy > >gesneriads. > >Although I've never seen it, I've never forgotten > the description of it in > >the Elbert's Miracle Houseplants: evidently, it's > like a late-blooming 5 > >foot yellow foxglove. I'd say that there is > definitely a so-far-unfilled > >garden niche for a plant like that! > >Does it do well for you or does it just barely > survive? When does it bloom? > >This plant has been in cultivation for over a half > century, yet it's > >virtually unknown, so there must be a catch! > >Jim McKenney __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/