{"product_id":"hemiboea-subcapitata","title":"Hemiboea subcapitata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHemiboea subcapitata\u003c\/strong\u003e smuggles the African violet family into the British shade garden: a genuinely hardy gesneriad from Chinese cliffs and stream banks that spreads into a glossy carpet of fleshy, jade-green leaves, then rings autumn in with clusters of plump, tubular cream bells speckled purple in the throat. Almost nobody in the UK sells it; almost everybody who sees it in October asks what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is rated H4 at the root: hard winters cut the succulent top growth, which returns in spring from shallow underground runners, hosta-style. In mild years it barely pauses. Dry-ish shade, root-riddled corners and shaded walls all suit it once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e shade to partial shade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e moist, humus-rich; copes with root competition and summer dryness in shade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30-40 cm tall, spreading steadily into a colony.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H4 at the root; tops die back in cold winters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRun it under shrubs and ferns with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003eplants for shade\u003c\/a\u003e, let it soften the feet of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/farfugium-japonicum-giganteum\"\u003eFarfugium giganteum\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/dichroa-daimingshanensis-guiz-48\"\u003eDichroa\u003c\/a\u003e in an \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, or grow it in a shaded pan. A quiet collector's treasure within our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown divisions from our own stock. Winter behaviour, honestly, in the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58370037055871,"sku":"HEMISUBC17","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/hemiboae.jpg?v=1789653237","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/hemiboea-subcapitata","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}