CYDISTA AEQUINOCTIALIS
Garlic Vine
The Garlic Vine is one of the most rewarding,
flowering vines that you can grow, unless that you are
a vampire. Interestingly enough, it smells like garlic.
However, it doesn't smell if the plant is left alone
(maybe a light fragrance), only when the leaves are
crushed will you really smell the garlic. Flowering
twice a year you will find it quite often covered with
flowers. Flowers start off purple and change to a lighter
shade of lavender with age, eventually fading to almost
white. You will see 3 different colors of flowers at
the same time on the plant. It can be grown in containers
and should be trimmed after the flowers are gone. Avoid
freezing temperatures.
FAMILY
: Bignoniaceae
ORIGIN : Tropical America
SIZE : medium
vine 6' - 8'
LIGHT
REQUIREMENTS : full to
partial sun
WATER
REQUIREMENTS :
average
MIN. TEMP. : low 30's
FLOWER : spring and fall
COMMENTS : when crushed, the leaves smell like garlic
