Gloxinia

A plant that has thrived on the kitchen window sill given the minimum of care.   We used to grow then at school as they were a good plant to teach propagation with, they grow nicely from leaf cuttings.   Cuttings being a form of clone the children could tell from the parent plant what their cutting would grow into.

They were also a useful source of income for the department as periodically the results of excess propagation had to be disposed of so a plant sale as called for.  That coupled with the Pig rearing company Rasher & Gammon things ticked along nicely and the pupils learned about having shares and the profits there from.