Here is a chronicle of this beautiful single-petaled Gloxinia Avanti Peach Rose (F1) from seed to flower. Recently, the seedlings grew in size slowly for two years before they started to produce their first flowers.
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I sowed the seeds on 20 October 2022 by covering them with a thin layer of soil in a small pot.
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While waiting for the seeds to germinate, I kept them protected by overturning a pot...
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The seeds sprouted within a week.
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The seedlings were still tiny even after a week...
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And were still small after almost a year (see the pot on the left side in the pic below, taken on 4 August 2023). During this period, I kept them protected from the birds with a sieve...
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I stopped noticing the seedlings for some time and then, on 17 September 2024, I noticed buds forming, yay!
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These were the first blooms and true to seed, they have the exact colouration as the picture of blooms printed on the seed packet.
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The red double-petaled Gloxinia besides it, which has been in the garden for some time, were pushing out some flowers as well. How lovely...
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I plucked one leaf of the new Gloxinia to propagate more plants. This way of propagation I find will yield a faster outcome as opposed to seed propagation.
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.I'm now awaiting the next bloom. Have you grown a Gloxinia recently?
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