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Category: Tropicals and Tender Perennials Vines and Climbers
Height: 24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Spacing: 18-24 in. (45-60 cm) 24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Seed is poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Red-Orange
Bloom Time: Late Winter/Early Spring Mid Summer
Foliage: Silver/Gray
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds This plant is suitable for growing indoors Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings Suitable for growing in containers
On Mar 10, 2009, TwistedSpinsta from Estepona Spain wrote:
My Lotus Maculata is pot-grown against a west facing wall on the beachfront near the Gibraltar Straits (Medeterranian Sea but Atlantic winds). And had resisted all of natures attempts to destroy it.
Savage wind, rain, flood, drought, hailstones, salt spray and a very active ants nest in the pot (now gone)
No problems with the scale insects and spider mites that plague some of my other plants.
And an amazing display when most other thing are just thinking about getting started!
On May 25, 2005, GernBlandston from Lake Elsinore, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
This plant looks like a vine, but doesn't attach itself permanently or damage anything it climbs on. Hummingbirds love it. It produces so many blooms it's incredible.
On May 1, 2005, Heyentah from Spring Valley, CA (Zone 10b) wrote:
This beautiful plant does well in full sun at my home about 10 miles from the ocean as long as it never dries out completely. I bought the plant from the San Diego Wild Animal Park where it does best in partial shade, especially during the hottest part of the year. Incidentally, according to my sources, the proper family is Fabaceae.
On Aug 12, 2003, bluegirl68 from Seattle, WA wrote:
I bought "Lotus Vine" / "Parrot's Beak" in a 4" pot in May 2002. It did NOT like full sun. Thought I lost it. Put it in planter under porch, partial afternoon sun, vine is now approx. 20" long, got a few blooms this spring; scarlet blooms in the shape of a parrot's beak.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Goodyear, Arizona Corona, California Escondido, California San Diego, California San Jose, California Spring Valley, California Mcelhattan, Pennsylvania Kalama, Washington
11 members have or want this plant for trade.
