Cobaea scandens ‘Purple’ (the cup and saucer vine). Remarkably similar to a certain other plant!
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Starts like this: The incipient flower is rather prehistoric looking
And opens to show a stiff ruff and flower bud
whose petals are all downy and a blushed green,
But they gradually colour up as the stamen lengthen
Until the purple cup and saucer are fully developed. What fun!
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That is a beauty. I dont think it would be happy in my garden but I’m tempted to find out. I always wanted to be Seymour.
🙂 I was drawn to trying them after reading about them on another blog. They are annuals and once they get started they put on a lot of growth. I wonder if they’d do in pots?
I might have a go for next year and see what happens.
Fun photo series and comparison to Seymour. I grew this once, it’s a great vine!
I think they are brothers!
I have grown this in the past, it is a bit slow to get going but beautiful when it arrives.
It did seem to pause after I put it in the ground, but now it is prolific
What a wonderful thing! Reminds me a bit of Triffids, too 🙂
Yes, and even more so with its branching and tendrils waving in the breeze.