Centaurea imperialis

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DaleP6 Sarasota, FL(Zone 9b) May 01, 2002

My seedlings are now about 6" tall and are sending out tendrils for climbing. What I need to know before transplanting them is what kind of trellis do they need? What I mean is do they need something rough or will a metal trellis suffice. I just don't know what kind of "climbing apparatus" these little beasts employ!

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) May 01, 2002

Dale - are you sure they're centaurea?? As far as I know there isn't one that climbs....
http://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/B%20-%20C/Centaurea_imperialis_(Purple_Sweet_Sultan).htm

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) May 01, 2002

I havent heard of a climbing one either. I must look into it.

Mark

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DaleP6 Sarasota, FL(Zone 9b) May 02, 2002

OOPS..sorry ipomoea x imperialis. In my zeal to find out about them, I put the wrong name!

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) May 02, 2002

The ipomoea is a twining vine. I grew them up strings last year and it worked out great. It makes for easy clean up in the fall too - all you have to do is cut the string and pull them out. A metal trellis will work - as long as it has cross bars to climb up. They'll twine around a metal pole but will keep sliding down and never get very far - I learned that when I tried to grow them on my birdhouse poles.

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DaleP6 Sarasota, FL(Zone 9b) May 03, 2002

Think I'll try a bamboo teepee....that should give them something to hold onto. I can also rough up the bamboo a bit. Thanks Sue...sorry to get you all excited about a climbing centaurea! LOL

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