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Agapetes serpens 'Nepal Cream'
Agapetes serpens 'Nepal Cream'


 
Family: Ericaceae
Hardiness: to Zone 9a
Mature Size: 3'
Exposure: Part Sun- Light Shade
Bloom Time: Mar-July
Water Needs: Moist to Average
Origin: Himalaya
Price: $16.00
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

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Product Code: P3746
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Description
 
This species is one of the easiest to grow and in the wilds of the Himalaya would be found as an epiphyte hanging out on the mossy trunks and branch crotches in essentially cloud forest conditions. In its typical expression, this sports red flowers but in this unusual variant, the flowers are creamy white followed by edible pale lavender fruit and its alliance with Vaccinium (blueberries) is easy to see.  Eventually this will form a rounded woody caudex above ground called a lignotuber which is a food and water storage adaptation to coping with the vagaries of life in the canopy. Very easy to grow and will tolerate short exposure to light frost, but best no colder than zone 9.