Amateur Gardening

The revival of an old favourite

Gesneriad. No, I’m not sneezing, I’m telling you about a plant you might not have heard of. Although you probably have. The Gesneriad family feature many old favourites-from Streptocarpus to Saintpualia and I’m recommending them as the perfect way to lift those winter blues.

Gesneriads come in almost every colour of the rainbow, and are easy to grow (as long as you

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