Tropaeolum tricolor

Plant Characteristics
Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Width:	⇔	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Tropaeolaceae >	Tropaeolum >	tricolor >

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Read about Tropaeolum tricolor in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Tropaeolum tricolor, Sweet, emended by Lindl. (Sweet spelled the specific name tricolorum, but, as Lindley pointed out, this is orthographically incorrect) (T. coccineum, Miers). Fig. 3857. Perennial from a fleshy or tuberous root, half-hardy, climbing: lvs. peltate, orbicular, divided into 6 oblong villous lfts.: fls. about 1 in. long, somewhat cornucopia-shaped, the calyx being the conspicuous part; main part of the calyx vermilion, the short lobes purplish, the small petals yellow. Chile.—Very choice half-hardy plant and probably the best known in this country of the tuberous-rooted kinds. Usually grown indoors. Its growth is very delicate. Var. grandiflorum, Hort. (T. Jarattii, Paxt. T. Yarattii, Buchen.), differs only in having larger fls. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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