trefle.io · Taken Jan 20, 2022 by annie Florentin (cc-by-sa)
Solanaceae
Showy chalicevine
Solandra grandiflora
Also known as Datura sarmentosa, Solandra grandiflora var. nitida, Solandra pubescens, Solandra scandens
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Vine · Large · Flowers · Fragrant · Night · Blooming · Trumpet · Showy · Tropical · Chalice
An impressive vine producing large, showy trumpet-shaped flowers that open at night with intense fragrance. Needs warm conditions and can tolerate some drought once established. Requires strong support structure as it becomes quite woody and heavy with age.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply then allow soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Rwanda
- Attracts
- Moths, Bees
Sources: trefle
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