Lobelia Erinus - Wild Lobelia - Indigenous South African Annual - 10 Seeds Gladiolus

Lobelia Erinus - Wild Lobelia - Indigenous South African Annual - 10 Seeds GladiolusLobelia erinus (Edging Lobelia, Garden Lobelia or Trailing Lobelia) is a species of Lobelia native to southern Africa, from Malawi and Namibia south to South Africa. It is a prostrate or scrambling herbaceous perennial plant growing to 815 cm tall. The basal leaves are oval, 10 mm long and 4 8 mm broad, with a toothed margin; leaves higher on the stems are slender and sometimes untoothed. The flowers are blue to violet in wild plants, with a five

The Naga Morich is a variety on it's own

The plants are popular among collectors

Makes great cut flowers

and insects

The heat is almost as hot

One year later

Inchanga is named after an area just outside Durban

from near Nieuwoudtville northwards into Namibia and eastwards to Upington and Kenhardt

with the most ripe being sweeter than younger ones

Various parts of the plant have been used to make fabric

displaying their blooms in shades of orange

or lotuses as they were also called