PROPAGATION. Seeds, cuttings.
SPECIAL USES. Good house plant, miniature gardens.
Koellikeria erinoides Gesneriaceae
This one is a gem—clusters of pert green-velvet leaves with indented veins and sprinkled with silvery star dust; on short stems, tiny two-lipped bell flowers of creamy white and red, in summer.
CARE. Warm, humid, humusy soil, filtered sun, moist.
PROPAGATION. Seeds.
SPECIAL USES. House plant.
Lantana camara Verbenaceae
Here is a plant I have long enjoyed around the greenhouse. It is a small hairy shrub with angled branches and rough bristly leaves and is sometimes prickly.