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| I was given seed of Cobaea scandens
two years ago - the picture was taken in 2009. It
had managed to survive the winter of 2008-9 -
but it is not normally expected to survive
outdoors and needs to be overwintered indoors at
7oc or treated as an annual. |
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| The
drawing is by Pancrace Bessa, who
exhibited in the Paris salons in the early
19th century. |
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| It doesn't really
qualify as an alpine - actually it's a tropical climber,
from tropical America, a member of the polemonaceae, and has
become a weed in New Zealand - an attractive weed. Also
known as the Cup and Saucer vine, or as Cathedral bells. |
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