Quisqualis indica Seed

LATIN NAME: Combretum indicum

COMMON NAME: Rangoon Creeper

The Rangoon creeper is the sweet, pink cascade of the warm wall, and the fine, tubular flowers open in the hanging clusters. The vigorous, evergreen or semi-evergreen, twining climber carries the oval, pointed leaves and the long, hanging clusters of the fine, tubular flowers that open white, fade through the pink and settle into the deep red, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm fence through the summer, with the sweet, evening scent. The plant is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden, and it is a climber of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Rangoon creeper is a bright subject of the plant science, and the pink cascades keep showing up in the work on the warm climbers. The way the flowers change colour through the day of the bloom has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm vines, the colour-changing flowers and the members of the combretum family. The oval, pointed leaves and the twining habit have also made it a fine study climber, and the Rangoon creeper is a regular subject of the work on the pink cascades of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Rangoon creeper is a fine, bold climber of the warm wall and the tropical garden. The long, hanging clusters of the fine, tubular flowers open white, fade through the pink and settle into the deep red through the summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the warm fence, drawing the moths of the evening and filling the night with the sweet scent, while the small, ribbed fruits follow the flowers. The climber is one of the fine choices for the warm wall, the pergola and the arch, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the colour-changing flowers and the evening scent. It is a fine, bold climber of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the climber a warm, sunny wall and a little feed in the growing season for the long flush of the pink cascades.

To grow the Rangoon creeper from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in a tray of coarse seed compost, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out against the warm wall. The seedlings are up within a few weeks and grow on fast. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the pink cascades will hang through the summer.

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