| Description | Wine Red Creeping Gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens) is an easy-to-grow vigorous cascading or climbing vine with burgundy-wine tubular flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (lo-fo-SPER-mum)(er-yoo-BESS-kens) |
| Plant Type | Perennial Tender, Tender perennials often grown as annuals |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
| Sunlight | full, part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | not frost tolerant |
| Flowers | tubular, wine-red |
| Leaves | gray green, triangle-shaped, downy, serrated, evergreen in warmer climates |
| Dimensions | reaches at least 3-4 feet in height and spread, a climber or cascading plant |
| Maintenance | it is best to tie the stems of the plants to the support structure, my plant had a hard time wrapping around the supporting structure, likes to cascade |
| Native Site | mountainous regions of Mexico and Guatemala |
| Author's Notes | I grew this plant in the full hot sun and half-day east exposure, and it did well in both. |
| Notes & Reference | #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences |
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