Cryptostegia - Rubber Vine

(Cryptosteg'ia)

DESCRIPTION: This is a beautiful vine found wild in tropical Africa and Madagascar. They can be grown outdoors in the far South or in warm conservatories. These plants contain rubber, but aren't commercially used for its production. C. grandiflora has purplish or reddish-purple flowers and C. madagascariensis has pink flowers. They both bloom in the summer.

POTTING: Cryptostegias need a tropical, humid atmosphere and well-drained, loamy soil that is always fairly moist.

PROPAGATION: Cuttings can be inserted in the spring or summer in a closed, warm propagating case.

VARIETIES: C. grandiflora; C. madagascariensis.

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