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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.
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
- Good for Cutting
- Trailing
Product details
- Type
- 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
