Philesia magellanica Liliaceae Chip Lima, San Francisco This is a fairly common plant in cold, wet, swampy rain forests of southern Chile. The plant is a shrubby evergreen with a box-like habit of growth with subterranean stolons and it can grow up to 4 feet in height. The leaves are small, leathery and glossy green. The flowers are very similar to Lapageria, but smaller. Each is the only member of its genus, but they can be hybridized. It is slow-growing and cold hardy in our region. check out www.lapageria.com