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Hardiness: Tender
annual |
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Habit: --
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Growth
Rate: Moderate to rapid |
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Texture:
Medium
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Height:
6 to 8'
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Exposure:
Sun to partial shade
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Climbing
Method: Twining petioles |
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Flower/
Fruit: Yellow, orange, red,
brown, cream, scarlet, bicolor fragrant flowers from summer to fall
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Comments:
Sow seeds directly outdoors after
the danger of frost has passed; seedlings do not transplant well;
resents hot temperatures; prefers sandy, moderately fertile soil;
high nitrogen fertilizer produces foliage at the expense of flowers;
flowers and leaves are edible
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Cultivars:
Alaska, Hermine Grashoff (double),
Variegatus (variegated leaves; orange red)
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Consumer Horticulturist
Shoprights NC State University
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