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Thunbergia alata 'African Sunset'
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Good for Cutting
- Trailing
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Black-eyed Susans are fantastic annual climbers, flowering hard until your first hard frost, and covered from soil to sky with open saucer blooms. This variety has flowers in all the colours of a spectacular sunset.
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Good for Cutting
- Trailing
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Climber
- Position
- On a Climbing Support
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October
- Height
- 1.8m (6ft)
- Common name
- Black-eyed Susan Vine
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 90cm (36in)
- Cultivation
- Sow indoors late autumn-early spring. Surface sow onto moist well-drained seed compost. Cover seed with 10mm vermiculite. Plant out after the last frosts in a sheltered sunny spot. May also be grown in containers. Provide support.
Care Tips
Water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser once a month. Will require protection from frosts unless grown as an annual.
Flowering Time
July - October
