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Synonym(s) Mina lobata Common name firecracker vine; Spanish flag Family convolvulaceae Life cycle tender perennial (Z8) Flowers red (summer) Size to 8' Light sun From seed germinate warm detailed seed-starting info below I've always heard this referred to as Mina lobata, but I guess taxonomists know better. At any rate, despite several attempts to grow this tropical climber, the flowers have always escaped me. A common fate of annual and tender perennial vines in our garden, for some reason. But this year, success at last! The plant we set at the bottom of the maple tree alongside our bog filter refused to grow into the maple, instead sprawling all over, but at least it thrived and bloomed.

By early October, it was taking over the maple tree

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: sale plot

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2007. Seed from '05 trade. Baggy 75F (100%G, 3d)
2009. Seed from HPS/MAG '08/'09 exchange. Scarified with sandpaper, baggy 75F (100%G, 3-11d)

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