may be the species karwinskii

peachy pink karwinskii

Karwinskii is a winter blooming large caney plant.   The species seems to be the one which has felted white stems  and under the leaves and pinky reddish flowers late winter.  It will be 2-3m high.  However it seems to be very promiscuous and there are a number of variations.

From my original seed I kept one which seems to stay at about 1.5m with peachy pink flowers and a similar size one which has cyclamen pink flowers.    These two start flowering about the beginning of winter.   There is another in Australia called ‘Winter Red’.

 I don’t know who introduced the very large one which may be the species.   This is the latest to flower that I have.    Then there is the one I named ‘Winter Lipstick’ that I sold for a long time as involucrata x karwinskii,  rather a mouthful for most people and needing a common name.  This is very long  flowering for me,  from May to November, although a heavy frost could set it back.  Because it flowers for such a long time it can recover from the frosting and flower again.   This is listed on its own.   “Timboon’ is similar to ‘Winter Lipstick’ and an excellent plant.

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