Blue thunbergia

I thik you are right Madahhalia - I seem to remember that somewhere I have seen it needs more heat that T. alata.

 

It is rather tropical. The plant is available from Hill House Nursery. T.gregorii grows and blooms well outdoors in a very average summer.

Here is another blue Thunbergia - T.vogeliana.....................


Easily my fave Thunbergia is T.mysorensis................

 

I had it for 2/3 years here Val ... and don't ask me how but it died on me ...

PS Here is the pic of mine but I think it was called T erecta, so maybe different ...

 

I checked with the seller, who is based in India and he says that it will take between 2 - 3 weeks for delivery

plus the other thing I dont know is how long these normally take to flower from seed? or weather its better to buy a plant grown from a cutting as it would flower quicker?

 

Whilst I don't know the answer to that - I suspect that it would flower in the first year, as long as it gets the heat that it needs. Seeds for bulbs, tubers and trees can all take a long time to get to a flowering size, but many climbers seem to be very fast growers and quick to flower. Thunbergia alata doesn't take long.

 

usually if a plant it`s hard to germinate or takes long to flower , the price go up .
My suspect is that will be easy to germinate if you find fresh seeds , but it will take long to flowering .

 

I reckon that it'll need the heat of a greenhouse to grow well. I suspect Sal is right and it may well be a second year bloomer.

 

Seeds arrived and I have sowed them. Will let you know what happens!!

Val