Ceropegia hybrid 'Sandersonii'
Umbrella Flower
Evergreen or Semi-Evergreen, climbing/trailing plant with unusual green parachute like flowers.
Contributed by @robbiec
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Umbrella Flower
Latin name
Ceropegia hybrid 'Sandersonii'
type
Perennial
family
Apocynaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
1.50 M
Ceropegia hybrid 'Sandersonii'
Evergreen or Semi-Evergreen, climbing/trailing plant with unusual green parachute like flowers.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Unusual green parachute like flowers in th summer.
Planting
From Late Spring TO Early Autumn
This is best grown in a very sheltered place, probably do best in pots so they can be brought inside through the winter and put outside again when all sign of frost has passed.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
In early spring sow seed in a mixture of peat, leaf mould, friable soil and sand, under glass and out of direct sunlight.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10 cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
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