Ourisia

Ourisia - O. coccinea is a bright dwarf Chilian creeper, bearing in early summer scarlet blossoms in slender clusters, 6 to 9 inches high. For years this brilliant subject was reputedly difficult to grow. Experience proves, however, that it revels in cool rich loam and leaf soil, and flowers profusely when with these are associated broken sandstone, over which the rhizomes creep and flower. On no account should the rhizomes be buried. Keep them level with the surface. As it forms a perfect mat, it should be divided and replanted every two years.