Cup And Saucer Vine Plant For Sale

Place plants in a warm protected southern exposure in short season gardens while in warmer climates a location with an east or west exposure will be fine.

Cup and saucer vine plant for sale.

Vigorous climbing vines are festooned in late summer with large pretty 2 bells that gradually transition from creamy pale green to striking blue purple. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about cobaea species cathedral bells cup and saucer vine purple jedra cobaea scandens supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles d. Cup and saucer vine is native to mexico and is showy and easy to grow. Cup saucer is an elegant plant for trellis and arbors.

Scandens is winter hardy only in usda growing zones 9 to 11. Incredibly fast growing mexican native cup and saucer vine will cover a 25 chain link fence in one season. A spectacular climbing plant for the summer garden or the conservatory. Growing cup and saucer vines.

Scandens cup and saucer and cathedral bells derive from the shape of its flowers this is a vigorous vine that is hard to ignore in the landscape. Starting cup and saucer vine seeds is not difficult but it s best to scratch them a bit with a nail file or soak them overnight in water before you plant to encourage germination. Vines are covered in large bell shaped flowers which sit in a green saucer like calyx. If you enter just a plant name you will see results from the old rhs plant finder and selector databases.

A favorite of victorian era gardeners vigorous climber is nicknamed the cup and saucer vine the blossoms looking a bit like teacups poised on saucer like green calyxes. Climbs by tendrils borne at the ends of its leaves. Plant cup and saucer vine in full sun in a site with well drained soil. The common names for c.

A warm weather plant c. Easy to start from seed cup and saucer vines can be started indoors and transplanted to the garden after the last frost date. These plants will have a lot more details displayed including an image. As the plant matures the tendrils will cling to most any rough surface.

Flowers are at first greenish then mature to velvet blue or lavender. Cup and saucer vine cobaea scandens is perennial climber native to subtropic regions it features purple flowers that are unexpectedly muted. Sow the seeds on their edge in seed trays filled with soil based seed compost. This extremely vigorous annual vine can grow up to 20 25 ft.

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