Growing scottish flame flower from roots

im looking to buy a scottish flame flower to grow through my privet hedge

I have found one nursery on line that sells potted plants but delivery is £13 and i cant afford that since i will have £50 to get a wisteria and this.

I have found this site tho and they are selling freshly lifted thongs or roots.

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.u...nnial-and-biennial-seeds/tropaeolum-speciosum

Now i have no experience of this what so ever so is growing from thongs or roots easy?

Do you plant straight into the ground or do you grow on in a pot?

Any information will be greatefully recieved. Im honestly clueless

 

I remember weeding this when I was at Edinburgh botanics for a short time, bloody thing got everywhere so I doubt your have a hard time growing it

Sent on the go from my telephone

 

The roots need to be cool for it to flourish.

 

Long K its going infront of my sheds next to the hedge which is the shadiest part of the garden as that is the north facing side of the shed so that is all sorted

I have pre ordered them in going to plant one where its going to be and plant the other two in pots as back up incase i lose the first one

 

I also seem to remember reading that it prefers an acid soil but I would check that first if I were you.

 

It says neutral to acid :-) but o have a happy camellia so i should be ok

 

I got some Scottish flame flower roots in 2009 , never heard anything called thongs before ! I started mine in pots and planted them in a shadey spot when they showed. £9 is not too bad for three plants , they can be a bit invasive once they get going.
Also plenty Wisteria plants on Ebay ( no Flame flowers ! ) , as I know nothing about Wisteria , can't advise anything .

 

Not all of them.
I have tried a few Tropaeolum tricolor.
Outdoors over winter kills them.
But they don't seem to like it indoors either.
They prob like alpine conditions.

 

Maybe @Sirius yours were less hardy types

The scottish flame flower needs moist but well drained soil so thats not similar to alpines

It does die back in winter and should be cut to the ground but it is hardy to minus 10-15 in the uk

I dont know about any other tropaeolum as i havent researched them but thats what the info is on this one

 

Hope you have success. It can be a bit fickle. There is an old saying that you won't succeed if you buy Scottish Flame Flower, you have to either be given it or steal it ! I have it, given to me by a friend up in Aberdeen. Her Yew hedge groans with it in late summer. Originally she planted it in a gravel path (as others have said it likes good drainage).The plant now has a span of about 40ft!

 

I somehow missed half your message before sorry HarryS. I can use ebay unfortunately :-( my credit card is blocked on paypal because people kept trying to use it fraduantly. i have unblocked it before but the same thing happens so its one site that i cant use.

But i have found a wisteria. All the info is in thsi thread it is very exciting! http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/which-white-wisteria.92220/#post-910979

I have sandy/silt soil so drainage is all good :-) im hoping it will take off.

I plan to plant one each end of the hedge and then one in a pot as a back up. Wont be getting them delivered until april so got a long wait to see if they take.

 

I assume we are talking about Tropaeolum speciosum, from Chile

I tried it a couple of times, never took to my conditions so I had to give up.
Nice plant though.

 

I stopped at Jaques Amand on Friday on my way home from work.

Got myself another ciliatum and a tuberosum
Both in posts to get established.
May plant them in the garden, in the pot. And then in the autumn just dig the pot up and keep in the greenhouse.

 

So i think i may have a Scottish flame flower growing

Here are all the pots with the roots in that arrived



And two have something growing in them which im hoping it the flame flower and not a weed





Sorry for blurry pics my phone couldn't cope

Have i got signs of life or just a weed?