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Alpine and Temperate Gesneriads

A number of Gesneriads can be grown outside in cool and even cold climates, if proper conditions are provided.  Some of these species are in the list below.

A substantial article addressing cold-hardiness, distribution and cultivation, among other things, will be posted here in due course.

Asteranthera

Briggsia

Conandron

Haberlea

Jankaea

Mitraria

Opithandra

Ramonda

Sarmienta

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