Clianthus maximus
Kaka Beak
Clianthus puniceus - Red Lobster Claw - is an evergreen climber with 6in pinnate leaves with 13 - 25 leaflets. The flowers are bright and shaped like a lobster's claw - hence the common name. The plant can tolerate a little frost in a sheltered location, and can partially lose its leaves with no long term ill effect. However, in more frost-prone areas, it is best grown indoors or in the greenhouse. Clianthus maximus is a large Red Lobster Claw - bigger plant, bigger flowers and "biggger" colour!
Contributed by @brigsys
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Kaka Beak
Latin name
Clianthus maximus
type
Evergreen Climber
family
Fabaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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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
3.00 M
4.00 M
Clianthus maximus
Clianthus puniceus - Red Lobster Claw - is an evergreen climber with 6in pinnate leaves with 13 - 25 leaflets. The flowers are bright and shaped like a lobster's claw - hence the common name. The plant can tolerate a little frost in a sheltered location, and can partially lose its leaves with no long term ill effect. However, in more frost-prone areas, it is best grown indoors or in the greenhouse. Clianthus maximus is a large Red Lobster Claw - bigger plant, bigger flowers and "biggger" colour!
Propagating by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in late Summer. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Seed should to be sown into a weed-free warm seed-bed in Spring
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
If planting outdoors, position it in a sheltered site in full sun, in free-draining moderately fertile soil, with shelter from cold drying winds. In frost=prone areas it is best to grow in a cold greenhouse or conservatory, in a loam based potting compost and in full light
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
The unusual red lobster-claw shaped flowers appear from early Spring to early Summer.
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