Curtis Botanical – Plate 6954 – Creeping Barleria / Pink Bush Violet

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6954.

A spreading South African and tropical African shrub with vivid pink-magenta tubular flowers, used widely in frost-free gardens as a ground cover. Incredibly floriferous — it covers itself in flowers for months.

Florida, Gulf Coast, Southern CA, Hawaii — a popular warm-climate ground cover.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.