Incarvillea 'Pink' - Chinese Trumpet Flower

A common name for these seldom-grown, showy perennials is Chinese Trumpet Flower.

A favorite in old English gardens, these hardy and nearly hardy perennials are native to high elevations in India, Tibet, China and Turkestan. Sometimes it is best to treat them as short-lived perennials but it is well worth the extra effort to grow these plants. They are not a gesnariad or related to gloxinias, but rather to the Campsis and Bignonia family or trumpet vines. The plant is named after an 18th-century Jesuit missionary. The crowns are easily damaged and plants are very late to emerge in the spring, so it is recommend that you mark where they're planted. If you are careful in the spring and don't disturb them, you'll be rewarded with a clump of exotic looking flowers for years that will amaze visitors to your garden. Incarvillea is a beautiful plant with low growing clumps of glossy, deeply divided leaves from which arise 30-40 cm leafless stems topped by clusters of flowers, each of which may be as much as 7 cm across. The first few blooms on each plant often appear before the rosettes of mid-green leaflets have fully developed. Blooming from midspring to midsummer, the large terminal heads of exotic trumpet-shaped flowers are a bright magenta to rosy-pink, with yellow throats and are held well above a rosette of dark green foliage on stout stems. 'Snowtop', a white-flowering variety is also available. Grow Incarvillea in deep, sandy soil that has been liberally enriched with compost or leaf mold. They need consistent moisture while in bloom, but good drainage is essential during the dormant winter season.

12 bulbs per Pack

Jun - Aug	Mär - Mai	50 cm	3 - 5 cm	10 - 15 cm