Botanical Name: Solandra maxima
Common Name: Cup-of-gold vine
Type of Plant: dicot: vine
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect, strongly arching, open with fast-growing cane-like branches to form rounded/irregular canopy
Height 10-20'
Spread 20-30'
Growth Rate very rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor prefers full sun, tolerates partial
Soil tolerates most
Hardiness some frost (zones 15-24) flowers tender
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, elliptic-oblong, 2-6" long with acute/short acuminate apex, dark, glossy green upper surface, entire margins
Flowers solitary, fragrant, terminal flowers--6-9" long, 3-4" wide, yellow-gold-spring-summer bloom
Fruit 1/2" round berry
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
espalier, accent vine for large open wall areas – showy flowers – tropical landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular, tolerates some drought (drop flowers/ leaves if dry)
Fertilizing balanced, twice a year
Pruning head back leggy canes, thin out in early spring
Pests/Diseases relatively free – some aphids, whitefly
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Southern Mexico
Family: Solanaceae

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