Genus: Thunbergia

If you have anymore trouble with it Marguerite, let me know and I'll send you a bushel of our dirt...lol. I found out the hard way, that these vines aren't very fond of our soil.

HI Flcrazy, I cannot possibly imagine you killing the plant. I have another one, which I should dig out. It grew like mad killing others by strangling it. It was in my shadeclothed jungle, growing up the posts into the native trees and heliconia's. I kept cutting it back and in the end I cut it off right at the base, which resembles a grapevine, knots and twists. Would you think it would grow again. Yes! It did. So every now and then out come the secateurs, but I better get a shovel I think.

I've loved this plant for years, even broke down and bought a small one once, and I turned right around and killed it two months later...lol. So I'll just drool over yours if that is alright with you !

OMG Shirley, I wasn't thinking. Having the name will help me concentrate. :-) How embarrassing.
I was always confused with wild rudbeckia called that while growing up. No one seemed to have thunbergia around to tell me any different. I will use your proper name! :-)

That's the second time you've called me Michaella, Greenthumb! Don't mind really - it's a lovely name, but not mine!! That's what happens when a pseudonym is adopted. My real name is Shirley - do please use it if you want to. Interesting to learn that a Black-eyed Susan can be a Rudbeckia too. Not heard that one before.

It is Michaella. I've seen rudbeckia called black-eyed susan so I find Thunbergia more clear. We had wild black-eyed susan's (rudbeckia) all over idaho growing up.

Very handsome. Is it also called a Black-eyed Susan?

Thanks Hywel. The slant of the loft cieling. THese two barely fit up there...lol

And a nice background to.

very pretty

Thanx Tasteyg :) I thought id get 1more Pic of it b4 it disappears until next Yr :)

I must confess that I took this one back in September and never posted it. I like how the center of the flower matches w the branches of the other plant ;~) Your close-up on the, what was it Rudbeckia... is fantastic!

Weird how weve both taken Yellow Flower Pics2day Tasteyg :)

Couldn't get much closer than that! Very nice.

Love this little annual vine ! The flowers always bring a smile to my face.

Hi Poetgardener, it is not rubbery, it is soft and you touch it gently. They feel a bit like snapdragons and you can squeeze them alike. The birds just love them and they hang and dangle along with the string.

It looks as if it's growing upside down..the color is just beautiful...like a picture! It looks almost succulant, and rubbery, is it?

Thanks Aleyna.

That is lovely, quite a different colour from the usual.

Nice colors, great shot Marguerite

These vines flower mid winter- summer and then they grow new shoots. These now are the last ones of 3 times new flowering periods. It seems they are there forever. It's bird attractiting and we do enjoy them to sing for us during our lunch on the veranda.

Marguerite,

Does this plant bloom all year where you live?

this is beautiful Marguerite amazing colours

I want it to be spring now...I am not wanting win-terrrr...bwaaaaaa...snivel..you are so lucky to have plants bloooommmiiinnngg....bwaaaaa....

Thanks Skippy.

What an intersting color and shape...Nice picture,M

A black eyed Susan vine? beautiful....

I like the colour!

Nice pic Chris. Mine still on the kitchen windowsill - they still flowering a bit.

They were very pretty Tina2 and must be very sweet too, because the flowers were covered in ants. The vine is growing indoors at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers. I just copied what the sign said Marguerite, so I am not sure why we call it 'clock vine' here. Gardengnome has a good thought as to why :) I liked how the flowers hung from what looked like a thread.

The flowers do resemble (slightly) the pendulum of a grandfather clock. Though, I don't know if that is the reason they were named.

Hi Tasteyg, this is really funny, as they are still flowering in my garden too. We call the Thunbergia mysorensis lady slipper vine, for obvious reasons. Why do you think in CA they call them clock vine?

What beautiful flowers and a great colour

Late show, aye, Chris? I'd have thought they'd appreciate your heat.

I have these in my garden, they flower a long long time. Funny how the common name seems different in different countries. We call them lady slipper vine, for obvious reasons. I have one growing in a wrong spot, I cut it all back to the base, but the darn thing will not die. Guess round up would be the best. When I say the wrong spot is because it climbs right into a rainforest tree in my garden, strangulates its branches, which then become so heavy with this vine, they break off. It was the only way to rescue this tree and the heliconia's growing next to it. I have one under a pergola, which is still in flower today. Either side of it are the Strongolodin macrobotrys, which are starting again after flowering twice in a row. Together it makes for a spectacular display.

I just brought mine indoors in a hanging basket - don't know how it will do?

Thunbergia alata, I believe...the black eyed susan vine. : )
I have one growing in a hanging basket, although I had to look for my seed packet to get the correct spelling of the latin name, lol!

Not sure, I'll check the next time I visit

is this morning glory, Blackeyed Suzie?

Fabulous colour - which variety is this one ?

I think it may be in the timing when the flower come out. Just a guess.

I just looked this up on internet.
Can't find out why the name Clock Vine ~
maybe because it grows so fast?
Apparently it's also called Brick and Butter Vine and Dolls' Shoes.

I am finding this difficult to answer from the UK, as these are grown as annuals over here. However, my book says to trim it to fit the available space, after flowering if it has flowered on the previous year's growth, or in late winter or early spring if it has flowered on the current year's growth. I do hope that this info. helps you. Maybe it would be a good idea to check with your local Nursery?

Yep it did survive he winter and has been flowering away this year too. I did write a blog on this subject not so long ago, check it out

Thanks for so much detail about this stunning plant.

Did it survive the winter ? What happened to the runners?

I love the shades of apricot in the petals.

My first try bringing them in. I'm expecting a great show all over the rail. Extending summer. :-) Other flowers stop in November. They just want to sleep.

Wow, it sounds like the plants take over your house. How long do they flower for inside?

Great photo and lovely plant/climber

It,s a lovely colour chrispook

pretty flower

Thank you Marieballs. They are out in great force at the moment and we are enjoying them tremendously. We have little yellow breasted honey eaters who just dangle on the bunches and sometimes it is hard to tell the difference, as they are the same yellow as the flowers. So cute!

very beautiful

The thunbergia I know is common in Europe. It's Thunbrgia Alata and is an annual climber with white or yellow flowers with a dark black middle , so it can also be called Black-eyed Susan.

Oh my..! I'm sooooo jealous... ! I've tried to grow this vine twice now and it just will not cooperate with me. All the gardeners around here said it wouln't survive in our soil, but I had to try it anyway....twice, lol. So I hope you don't mind if I occasionally come back to this post and admire yours !

Yes, there are several species. Do you have a blue one, like a bell shaped flower??? I have a picture of that one too, it also was a vine. I don't know its specie name, but it is a Thunbergia.

Our Thunbergia is so different to this!

I love this plant. I think it originates from South Africa where it grows happily. It is prolific and likes full sun, it has been a fantastic addition to my garden but here in the UK it should be treated as an annual. The seeds can be gathered from the pods and stored, cuttings are also a good way of getting more plants, these can be gathered when the vine is chopped down before the hard frosts arrive. My main plant has set out some runners, like a strawberry would which have rooted in the pot, so I'm hoping these will be next years growth. I have just covered mine with a bell cloche and wrapped fleece around the pot and the edges of the cloche. It may survive our winter, but we'll have to wait and see