Salpiglossis

Salpiglossis

Beautiful banner Zuzu!

I really like all the different shades of orange. Very beautiful.

A very pretty banner, great color and an eye catcher.

It is an eye catching banner, lovely and bright!

Thank you! It's a great plant. Here's the full-sized picture:

The blooms are so pretty. Never heard of the plant before.

I just looked it up in the database and I actually have heard of Painted Tongue before, just never really knew how they look. They're all so pretty.

Lovely banner Zuzu! Wonderful colors!

So pretty, Zuzu!

It's a new one on me, too, and will definitely try to grow it in the spring.
it may be difficult here in 10a, but if you can in 9a, worth a try.

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BTW, where did you get your seeds? I found this mix on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005XDW39U/

Did not find any at Park Seed, Eden Bros, Burpee, or SeedsnSuch.

It will grow beautifully in your zone, Cal. I've always bought the plants in six-packs at a local nursery. The Amazon offer looks good, but 5,000 seeds????

I was thinking of growing it from seed this year because the need for social distancing might keep me out of nurseries. I found it on the Baker Creek site.

https://www.rareseeds.com/stor...

The grandifloras are a taller variety, and planting 200 seeds sounds more practical to me.

Thanks, Zuzu!
I ordered from RareSeeds.
200 seeds for $3 free shipping. What a deal.
Looking forward to lots of beautiful blooms.

I've been admiring not just the lovely colors and shapes, but the way the repeated section blends so well with the original banner crop. The seam between it and the repeated section is barely noticeable.

On all my devices there is no repeated section or seam.

....lovely colors & shapes, but no seam.

Simply a natural repetition of exquisite blooms, imho.

Calif_Sue said:On all my devices there is no repeated section or seam.

On my large size desktop monitor the leftmost approx. 40-50% of zuzu's submission is repeated

What a lovely banner of fall colors,

Pretty banner and plant! Thanks for introducing us to it!

This is such a pretty bloom, check out all the colors shown in the main generic database entry!
Painted Tongue (Salpiglossis sinuata)

I've noticed that when I blow up the banner, many of them have repeated sections. I think it must be when they are smaller banners. This one doesn't repeat on my desktop.