Violet Cathedral Bells
Violet Cathedral Bells (monastery vine).
Honey-scented Vine Pollinated by Bats Growing 15-25 feet in a single season, Cobaea scandens is often grown as an annual, though it is actually a perennial in its native Central America.
The flowers start very pale greenish-white, then turn a rosy purple and gradually darken until falling off after four days.
Cup-and-saucer Vine will grow rapidly over a fence, trellis, or wall. Its stems cling by branched tendrils that grow on the end of each leaf stalk.
A Victorian favorite!
Violet Cathedral Bells, cup-and-saucer vine, monastery vine. Bot. syn.: Cobaea lasseri Pittier, Rosenbergia scandens.
Honey-scented Vine Pollinated by Bats Growing 15-25 feet in a single season, Cobaea scandens is often grown as an annual, though it is actually a perennial in its native Central America.
The flowers start very pale greenish-white, then turn a rosy purple and gradually darken until falling off after four days.
Cup-and-saucer Vine will grow rapidly over a fence, trellis, or wall. Its stems cling by branched tendrils that grow on the end of each leaf stalk.
A Victorian favorite!
Violet Cathedral Bells, cup-and-saucer vine, monastery vine. Bot. syn.: Cobaea lasseri Pittier, Rosenbergia scandens.