Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Woody Lilies The stunning 2" creamy yellow

The stunning 2" creamy yellow flowers with peach centers magically appear en masse around Christmas atop the soil surface

5" fringed yellow daisies

Bear's breech would be worth growing even without its floral display because its handsome foliage is big

This is truly an amazing plant for the woodland garden

Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Woody Lilies The stunning 2" creamy yellowWe received this lovely hardy gesneriad in 2004 as Hemiboea cavaleri, but after growing it for a few years, we keyed it out instead to the rare, Hemiboea flaccida. This African violet relative hails from up to 4,500' elevation in the alkaline forests of western Guangxi and southern Guizhou, China, where it grows among the rocks. Our nine year old plant of Hemiboea flaccida has made a slowly expanding patch to 18" wide. The luscious, felty green