Comments on: NEW PLANTS ARRIVE, TROPAEOLUM AND SEEDLING UPDATE https://gardern.co.za/2014/04/new-plants-arrive-tropaeolum-and/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/04/new-plants-arrive-tropaeolum-and/#comment-1798 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:33:03 +0000 #comment-1798 In reply to Anonymous.

I know, you are correct. Don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. Obviously it's T. tricolor – I've tried T. speciosum so many times here and have had no luck in wintering it over. Still trying, though!

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2014/04/new-plants-arrive-tropaeolum-and/#comment-1797 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:20:29 +0000 #comment-1797 Interesting post. Sorry to tell you that the image of the Tropaeolum is not Tropaeolum Speciosum. Tropaeolum Speciosum has a completely red flower followed by blue seeds. It will grow in pots in a greenhouse but is better growing outside through an evergreen conifer or large shrub. It is hardy in my garden to -16 and grows to about 4 yards high. Can be grown from seeds but is easier and quicker grown from the rhizome/root planted in the Spring.

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2014/04/new-plants-arrive-tropaeolum-and/#comment-1796 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:10:48 +0000 #comment-1796 Thanks so much for the link to Far Reaches Farm. I followed the link and to my surprise and delight found the photo of Sue. I used to buy plants from her when she was in Vermont but had lost contact. She was always a great resource with an encyclopedic knowledge of plants and I'm so pleased to know where she is now and to have the chance to reconnect.

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