HIGHLIGHTS
Popularly used as | blue trumpet vine,laurel clockvine,Thunbergia laurifolia |
Flower | Lavender blue ,yellow , peach orange , white |
Edible part | Juice from the roots had been used as drops for earaches. The spring greens can be cooked and eaten |
Growth | Fast growth rate |
Uses | laurifolia are taken for menorrhagia, placed into the ear for deafness, and applied for poulticing cuts and boils |
PLANTING & CARE
Temperature | Prefers temperature 10–13 °C (50–55 °F) |
Water | Newly planted– Apply water General caring tips Plant should get more than 6 hours of sunlight a day. Water the plant when surface soil (1-2 inch) feels dry to touch. Apply any organic fertilizer during the main growing monsoons season(July-October) |
Light | Choose any fertile soil landscape that basks in at least 10 hours of direct sunlight daily.. |
Fertilizer | Fertilize potted thunbergia with a houseplant fertilizer applied every four to six weeks when it’s actively growing. Pests rarely affect outdoor-grown thunbergia. Plants grown indoors may suffer from mites or aphids, which you can treat with an insecticidal soap. |
Pruning | It can be propagated by seed or by using stem or root cuttings.In temperate climates, laurel clock vine should be grown in a heated glasshouse because it is frost-tender. |
SPECIFICATIONS
Plant | Thunbegia |
Height | 40 to 50 cm / 1.5 feet |
Flower colour | Lavender blue |
Pot description | 4 – 6 inches upper diameter |
weight | 2 – 3 kg variable |
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