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Thunbergia alata |
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| | Completely covering the shepherd's hook that holds one of our bird feeders near the patio |
| Common name |
black-eyed susan vine |
| Family |
acanthaceae |
| Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z9-10) |
| Flowers |
yellow/black (summer) |
| Size |
vine to 8' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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Native to South Africa. Grown as an annual in temperature zones. The photos above were taken in different years, of plants grown from different seed lots. A different look, although the colors of the flowers also seem to vary with the season, and with how the sun catches them.
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| | Trying it in Texas with variety 'Sunny Susy New Orange', climbing up the stump of a silver dollar tree that perished in a recent freeze |
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| | After a full growing season, Susy didn't quite cover the stump, but conquered just about everything else within reach |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: waterfall pondside One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| AC | Mar 16, 2010 | What a great resource your site is! I love how you've included your seed starting details--really gives me a heads-up on how & when I should be starting my seeds!! Thanks! |
| Debbie, from AZ | Dec 28, 2011 | First visit. Very impressed with your site. Great photos. What zone do you live in. Am focusing on plants for low desert areas, like Phoenix, AZ
I'm in Pennsylvania, zone 6. Not low desert, but we have our droughts :-) |
- Seed from '06 trade. Baggy 70F (4w; 75%G, 4-6d)
- Seed from '07 trade. Baggy 75F (80%G, 3-11d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 70F (10d; 10%G, 7d) - 75F (80%G, 6d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 75F (75%G, 4-10d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 75F (73%G, 4-10d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 75F (88%G, 9-21d)
Long-viable seed.
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