Bengal Clock Vine, Blue Sky Vine (Thunbergia grandiflora)

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 22, 2002

Common name: Bengal Clock Vine, Blue Sky Vine
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Thunbergia
Species grandiflora

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1968/

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Roselaine North Vancouver, BC(Zone 8a) Oct 22, 2002

Floridian, what a gorgeous photo of this vine!!! I have a Battescombi.....although this clock vine sure resembles that one!!! how big is yours now??? Elaine

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Oct 23, 2002

Thanks 1601! This was taken at the botanical gardens and it's easily 20 feet up into the trees and cascading back down. There was a lovely white one nearby but I couldn't get a decent picture of the only bloom.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 29, 2002

Floridian, that's very pretty. My plant also bloomed for the first time last month, but the blue was a diluted shade. Mine is about 8 ft. long now growing over a trellis over the wall.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jan 20, 2003

I managed to catch this one from someone else's garden.

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Rudbeckia Dover, NH(Zone 5a) Jan 21, 2003

Both pics are absolutely beautiful. So nice to look at when it is 0 degrees out! Thank you!

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Jan 21, 2003

Sure like the photos of the Bengal Clock Vine. Reading the hyperlink I guess it is quite tender. I would be happy to have and treat like an annual, but didn't sound like it grows from seeds. Wish I knew if seeds were available anywhere. Donna

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Floridian Lutz, FL(Zone 9b) Jan 21, 2003

This is such a photogenic flower. I love seeing it bloom at the botanical gardens. We always leave the perimeter fences as the last thing we look at while we're there. Coral vine, Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confusus), all sorts of Passifloras, Aristolochia. It's just beautiful most of the year.

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lasthoba12 tripoli, Lebanon Mar 20, 2005

pls send all this pics to me

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skooterbug Jun 16, 2006

Floridian-I'm thinking I may plant "sky vine" on a brick lattice wall. Has 1-2 hours of sun (early morning) then shade from roof overhang. Wall is 8 feet long and 5-6 feet tall. How far apart should I plant???
I' m also a Floridian!!!!!

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