Artabotrys - Tail Grape

(Arta'botrys)

DESCRIPTION: These are tropical, evergreen climbers that can be planted outdoors in the South and in greenhouses everywhere else. A. odoratissimus produces flowers that are greenish or yellowish and fragrant; A. uncinatus has reddish-brown, fragrant flowers.

POTTING: They can live in any rich soil.

PROPAGATION: Seeds should be sown as soon after they are ripe as possible or cuttings of ripe shoots can be inserted in a closed, warm propagating case in the spring.

VARIETIES: A. odoratissimus; A. uncinatus.

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