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Thunbergia laurifolia
Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, Laurel-leaved thunbergiaFamily: Acanthaceae
Origin: India, Malaysia
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Ornamental vine with Showy, violet, trumpet shaped flowers up to three inches across. Can be used as a background shrub if allowed to sprawl at the rear of a bed. It's also pretty clambering up a mail box or lamp post.
Thunbergia laurifolia is similar to Thunbergia grandiflora
except that elliptical leaves.
Similar plants:
- Gardenia thunbergia, Gardenia verticillata, Gardenia speciosa (White Gardenia, Forest Gardenia, Wild Gardenia)
- Thunbergia alata (Black - eyed Susan)
- Thunbergia battiscombei (Bengal Clock Vine, Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, Scrambling sky flower, Blue Glory)
- Thunbergia coccinea (Scarlet Thunbergia)
- Thunbergia erecta (King's Mantle, Bush Clock Vine)
- Thunbergia fragrans (Thunbergia White gem)
- Thunbergia grandiflora (Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, Scrambling sky flower)
- Thunbergia gregorii (Orange Clock Vine)
- Thunbergia kirkii (Blue Sky Shrub)
- Thunbergia mysorensis, Thunbergia Anderson x Bedd, Hexacentris mysorensis (Clock Vine)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/thunbergia_laurifolia.htm
Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, Scrambling sky flower. The most striking blue flowered vine in the world, with a robust and twining habit producing long hanging clusters of 3" sky blue funnel shaped flowers from fall through spring, displayed throughout it's dense deep green foliage. Very fast-growing.
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Grown in
6-10"/1-3 gal pot
10 plants in stock
$39.95