hardy gloxinia
Incarvillea delavayi
USDA zones5 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size18 to 24 inches tall18 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Pink, red
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi) is a bulb for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Deer tend to pass it by. Pink to red trumpet flowers open in late spring and again in early to late summer. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Munstead lavender, Japanese forest grass, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.
Native range
SW China.