What a surprise I found this afternoon...I have been waiting for this thing to bloom for several weeks now...I had put it under a tree and just forgot it...It has been raining so much the last week I hadn't checked on it. So this afternoon I did and what a surprise..new blooms and its every bit as pretty as I thought it would be.... :o)
a BEAUTIFUL blue!!!
That is beautiful. I think it will go on my "must have" list.
That is gorgeous! Great color!!!!
UH, you better check again mom.....I think you HAD one....I now own one.....LOL.....
They will bloom like crazy in full sun. They can be messy too when they bloom heavily. I also like this plant and fortunately had a cutting this spring besides my mother plant. She died for some reason. Maybe old age.
Moonlighting....you know I know where you live.....LOL
Brugie how long were you able to keep this plant alive? Did you have to do cuttings on it or did it just keep going? This is a first for me on this one... :o)
Mine just began blooming also!!! What a pretty flower!! Elaine
Willow, I've had mine for three or four years. I just learned how to do cuttings from it last year, and had only cut it back the years before to bring it inside for winter. Sometimes it would look dead, but a new shoot would come up from the soil This year.....no new shoots. When I take cuttings, I take a piece about six inches long and put it in a jar of wet perlite with about an inch and a half of water in the jar. Don't let it go dry. It takes about six weeks, but they will root. Also, don't put the jar in sun, just bright light. I've also found that using one of those 1 gallon aquariums that are plastic and has a lighted lid works great. Same thing with the perlite and water in it, but you can get a lot of cuttings in there. I've done hibiscus in my aquarium with great success.
Sounds good Brugie, I'm gonna try it...I have a 15 gallon aquarium that I use to start cuttings in the dead of summer..Just put them in there in cups, water or vermiculite, and try and keep air circulating, have a Florissant light and thats it...works 90 % of the time...... :o)
Mine is blooming like crazy too, but I can't find seeds so I'm glad to hear they're easy to root!
Just heard today that if you put a plastic bag over the jar with the cutting, they will root much quicker.
Ok, thanks Brugie...I am going to try to root some next week... wish me luck........ :o)
Hi,
I grow the thunbergia's too, the Grandiflora and the togoensis. They root VERY easily. I just take 2 liter soda bottles, cut off the top about halfway down & fill the bottom half with moist vermiculite. I stick the cuttings in, no rooting hormone needed, stick the top on & if it appears to get too much moisture I unscrew the lid a bit. I just set the bottles in a shady spot & forget about them. They ALL root every time. So no reason not to do those cuttings. They are amazingly beautiful flowers, aren't they?
I love them Pudgy, I am looking for more of this type with the big flowers...I have the black eye susans and have grown the blue sky flower but I like these the best... Thanks for instructions on how to root these...
Moonlighting wants one and I am going to try and get some rooted for her, and will offer others that can be traded later....This vine is not that big so don't know how many cutting I can get...It is blooming so much right now I hate to disturbe it........ :o)
EDITED for spelling ... :o0
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