Lapageria rosea 'Beatrix Anderson'

Exacting in its requirements, this most beautiful of climbers needs cool moist acid soil in shade, absolutely hates direct sun for any length of time. The flowers are waxy bells of deep pink. In flower from July through to March. Due to its flowering period and the fact that new growth can be frost damaged it needs a sheltered place (min -8c) or grow it down the shady end of the conservatory.
The species comes from Chile; the majority of plants have cherry red flowers with occasional pale pinks and whites. Introduced around 1847.
The cultivar Lapageria 'Beatrix Anderson'' has slightly larger flowers than is typical. Red with pronounced spotting, and is one of two seedlings given to Rennie Moffat at Penheale in Cornwall by E B Anderson. and is a reliable free flowering red, and named after Mr. Andersons wife. Mr E B  Anderson was President of the Alpine society from 1948 to 1953 and  often sent back seed. Mr Moffat was given two trays of seedlings by Mr Anderson one from a red plant one from a white, the resulting seedlings were grown on and sold by the nursery as they reached flowering size however two plants were singled out and kept, at Mr Andersons suggestion the Red was named after his wife while the plant from the white tray had an even pink flower of good size and shape and became 'Flesh Pink' The original plant of Beatrix Anderson can still be seen growing on the house wall at Penheale.

Beatrix Anderson is a prolific flowerer and good grower.