Tropaeolum pentaphyllum
Archive entry 01.05.11
Archive entry 06.05.12
1st May 2011
An Argentinian species that seems to be hardy. The first time I saw it in a garden it seemed impossibly
fragile and I was sure it was the sort of planting that would be gone by winter. It is still
there.
Like so many things, once you start to see it, you see it everywhere (someone must have grown a great many
from seed). I picked one up at a plant sale, and I wish I had got two at the time.
It has done well in a pot in the greenhouse and I managed to root a couple of cuttings that have struggled
to grow away. It hasn't set any seed. I have a little corner where it can climb gently into a Rhododendron
when I have enough courage to put it out there.
6th May 2012