Cobea scandens CATHEDRAL BELLS / CUP AND SAUCER VINE (5 seeds)

Cathedral bells, cup and saucer vine or Cobaea scandens in Latin is a plant of the Polemoniaceae family.
It is a very beautiful climbing plant native to the Caribbean.
Flowers of cup and saucer vine are violet bell-shaped.
On the end of Cobaea scandens leaves, there are streaks that serve to hang on.
Cathedral bells seeds are flat like those of chinese wisteria or orchid tree.
Cobaea scandens is not very hardy, in the ground it will be necessary to mulch the foot at the end of autumn.

The growth of Cathedral bells is fast and its foliage is persistent.
It will be very useful to hide an unsightly element of the garden, to cover a pergola or a fence like honeysuckle or dutchmans pipe.
Put some exoticism in your garden or terrace with the Cobaea scandens.

Sowing cup and saucer vine seeds:
Start by soaking Cathedral bells seeds for 6 hours in warm water, then plant the seeds in small pots of 5 X 5 cm with an acid substrate, peat type.
Bury Cobaea scandens seeds under 1/2 cm then water gently.
Finally, put the Cathedral bells culture in a warm place at a temperature close to 30 ° C.
The germination of cup and saucer vine seeds lasts an average of 3 to 5 weeks.

• Beautiful bloom in summer.
• Rare climbing plant.
• Rapid growth.
• Perennial if protected in winter.

Seeds of rare and curious plants on sale to grow in the garden.