{"id":7900,"date":"2020-06-13T02:51:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:53:11","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-164-iochroma-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/13\/plant-a-day-2020-day-164-iochroma-hybrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 164) Iochroma hybrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I grew several of these semi-tropical shrubs from seed about ten years ago. I kept them in large pots, but they never bloomed. As a last resort, I planted the last survivor out in the open border along the driveway. The plant surprised me with its hardiness. It has died back to the roots every year, then resprouted and grown to five or six feet by late summer. But still, no flowers! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had some significantly cold weather this past winter, but not enough to cut the Iochroma down. It stayed alive and fortunately I didn\u2019t cut it back like I usually do! It leafed out all the way to the top and sprouted buds and now flowers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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