Podranea ricasoliana SEEDS - - SEMI Tromba rosa | Rampicante di Port St. John

Podranea ricasoliana seeds grow into the pink trumpet vine — a vigorous liana native to the subtropical biome of South Tropical and southern Africa, from South Africa (endemic to the Port St. Johns area of the Eastern Cape, the core native range) north through Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. Described by (Tanfani) Sprague. The epithet ricasoliana honours Baron Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880), Italian statesman and botanist who cultivated this plant in Italy after its introduction from South Africa. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Bears large (7–8 cm), fragrant, pale pink to pale rose tubular flowers with rose-red venation in dense terminal panicles from summer to early autumn. Environmental uses. Family Bignoniaceae.

Full sun; moist, well-drained soils; warm subtropical conditions. Vigorous liana to 4–6 m. Frost-tolerant to about −4°C once established. Semi-deciduous in cool conditions. RHS AGM.

• 'Ricasoliana' honours Baron B. Ricasoli (1809–1880), Italian statesman-botanist; (Tanfani) Sprague; RHS AGM
• Fragrant pink-rose tubular flowers with red venation; 7–8 cm; terminal panicles; summer–autumn
• S. Tropical & S. Africa — subtropical biome; vigorous liana; environmental uses
• Genus Podranea: 2 species; southern Africa; Family Bignoniaceae; Order Lamiales
• Full sun; moist well-drained soils; warm subtropical; vigorous liana; hardy to −4°C; RHS AGM; Bignoniaceae

Podranea ricasoliana — the pink trumpet vine — brings a delicate South African elegance to warm-climate gardens, its masses of fragrant pale pink trumpet flowers with their darker venation draping pergolas and walls in summer, having earned both the RHS Award of Garden Merit and a European botanical name in honour of the Italian statesman who first cultivated it far from its Eastern Cape homeland.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.