Rhodochiton atrosanguineus
- Good for Cutting
- Perfect for Pots
- Trailing
- Loved by Pollinators
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Beautiful elegant hanging bells – including the clanger – in the richest purple
- Good for Cutting
- Perfect for Pots
- Trailing
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Climber
- Position
- On a Climbing Support
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October (or until the first frosts)
- Height
- 2.4m (8ft)
- Common name
- Purple Bell Vine
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 3.6m (12ft)
- Cultivation
- Sow under cover from late winter to early spring, just covering the seed. Keep moist and warm. Pot seedlings into individual pots to grow on and acclimatise plants to outdoor temperatures before planting out after last frosts.
Care Tips
Grow outdoors as an annual or overwinter under glass in a frost-free greenhouse or conservatory provide plenty of growing support. May need cutting back in late winter to restrict its size.
Flowering Time
July - October (or until the first frosts)
