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Thunbergia mysorensis (Mysore clock vine)

Other names: Brick and butter vine, Chandelier vine, Doll's shoes, Hexacentris mysorensis

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Species
T. mysorensis is a tender, woody, twining, evergreen climber with elliptic, veined, semi-glossy, dark green leaves and, in spring, two-lipped flowers with open, yellow throats and dark red, reflexed lobes.
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Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
6 m 2.5 m 5-10 years
19 ft 8 ft 5-10 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Loamy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
  • Partial Shade
Aspect
  • West
  • South
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Under glass, grow in loam-based compost in bright, filtered light with shade from hot sun. In growth, water moderately & feed monthly; sparingly in winter. Outdoors in frost free areas, grow in humus-rich, fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Best with afternoon shade in areas with hot summers.

Suggested uses

Containers/Patio, City, Wallside and trellises, Conservatory, Greenhouse

UK hardiness

H1b

USDA zones

Zone 11

Sunset zone

16, 23, 24, H1, H2, 21, 22

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Moderate/Medium
Central Valley = Inappropriate
South Coastal = Moderate/Medium
South Inland = Moderate/Medium
High and Intermediate Desert = Moderate/Medium
Low Desert = Moderate/Medium

Foliage

Evergreen

Habit

Climbing, Twining

Native to

India

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Pruning group 12.

Propagation methods

Seed, Softwood cuttings

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite

Glasshouse whitefly

Aphids

Scale insects

Diseases

Tie climbers in to a frame support

Take softwood cuttings

Bring tender indoors if container grown (in cold areas)

Plant tender plants after danger of frost has passed (late spring, early summer)

Sow seeds in containers with heat (spring)

Shorten sideshoots of spring flowering climbers

Plant container grown plants in a sunny sheltered spot

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