Description for Thunbergia Laurifolia Plant height: 14 - 23 inches Plant spread: Thunbergia laurifolia leaves are opposite, heart-shaped with serrated leaf margin and taper to a pointed tip. Flowers are not scented and borne on pendulous inflorescences. The hermaphrodite flower is trumpet-shaped with a short broad tube, white outside and yellowish inside. The corolla is pale blue in colour with 5 to 7 petals, one larger than the others. The plant flowers almost continuously throughout the year with flowers opening early in the morning and aborting in the evening of the same day. Carpenter bees are frequent visitors, creeping into the flowers for pollen and nectar while black ants are present probably as nectar scavengers. The plant develops a very tuberous root system. Common name(s): blue trumpet vine,laurel clockvine,Thunbergia laurifolia Flower colours: Lavender blue Bloom time: August to September Max reachable height: 15.00 to 30.00 feet Difficulty to grow: easy
Description for Thunbergia Alata (Yellow) Plant height: 14 - 23 inches Plant spread: Thunbergia alata, commonly called Black-eyed Susan vine, is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the Acanthaceae family. It is native to Eastern Africa, and has been naturalized in other parts of the world. It is found in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil and Hawaii, along with eastern Australia and the southern USA in the states of Texas and Florida. It is a tropical evergreen twining vine that eventually climbs. Features ovate-triangular toothed green leaves and solitary axillary salverform orange-yellow flowers with 5 spreading petal lobes and dark throats. Blooms in summer to fall, but best bloom is often in late summer and fall after the hot summer temperatures moderate. Common name(s): Black-eyed Susan vine Flower colours: Yellow Bloom time: Annual Max reachable height: 3 to 8 feet Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow Planting and care Black-Eyed
Description for Thunbergia Alata (White) Plant height: 5 - 9 inches Plant spread: 3 - 5 inches Thunbergia alata, commonly called Black-eyed Susan vine, is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the Acanthaceae family. It is native to Eastern Africa, and has been naturalized in other parts of the world. It is found in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil and Hawaii, along with eastern Australia and the southern USA in the states of Texas and Florida. It is a tropical evergreen twining vine that eventually climbs. Features ovate-triangular toothed green leaves and solitary axillary salverform orange-yellow flowers with 5 spreading petal lobes and dark throats. Blooms in summer to fall, but best bloom is often in late summer and fall after the hot summer temperatures moderate. Common name(s): Black-eyed Susan vine Flower colours: White Bloom time: Annual Max reachable height: Up to 8 feet Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow
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