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Lotus Vine Gold Flash in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Lotus maculata 'Gold Flash'

 

Lotus Vine 'Gold Flash'

Lotus can be annuals, perennials, deciduous or evergreen tender tropical shrubs. They have whorls of soft, silver-grey, needle-like leaves, and 1" long pea-like flowers that can be solitary or clustered, and which resemble a parrot's beak - hence one of the common names. Lotus maculata 'Gold Flash' is usually grown as an annual plant that has a creeping or trailing habit, with silver-grey foliage and golden-orange "parrot-beak" flowers.

 
plant Features
  • Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Lotus Vine Gold Flash is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lotus Vine 'Gold Flash'

Latin name

Lotus maculata 'Gold Flash'

type

Climber

family

Fabaceae

ph

6.6 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Lotus Vine Gold Flash is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Lotus Vine Gold Flash likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lotus Vine Gold Flash is 0.40meters x 0.20meters 0.40 M 0.20 M

Lotus maculata 'Gold Flash'

Lotus can be annuals, perennials, deciduous or evergreen tender tropical shrubs. They have whorls of soft, silver-grey, needle-like leaves, and 1" long pea-like flowers that can be solitary or clustered, and which resemble a parrot's beak - hence one of the common names. Lotus maculata 'Gold Flash' is usually grown as an annual plant that has a creeping or trailing habit, with silver-grey foliage and golden-orange "parrot-beak" flowers.


Flowering

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

The exotic-looking flowers appear from mid Spring through to early Summer

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in moist, free-draining, neutral or alkaline soil in sunny site that is shaded from mid Summer sun. Makes a good container or hanging-basket plant. In cooler climes can be grown as an annual - or will need to be brought indoors when the weather cools

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Stem tip cuttings are taken in the spring/early summer from this years growth. Cleanly cut just below a leaf joint, up to a 10cm tip, remove lower leaves and pinch out the tip, dip into hormone compound and place them around the edge of a pot filled with cutting compost., water well. Place a plastic bag over the pot to give humidity, the bag must be removed a couple of times a week to ventilate, put the pot in a light spot but avoid direct sunlight.

 
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