About
Bomarea patinii is a climbing herbaceous plant that can reach heights of approximately 3 to 4 meters. Its leaves are fleshy, oval to lanceolate in shape, and are spirally arranged along semi-evergreen dark purple stems. From late summer through autumn, it produces substantial, football-sized flowers that display shades of pink to orange-red.
About the genus
Bomarea consists of tuberous, deciduous climbing perennials characterized by simple, lanceolate leaves. The flowers appear in terminal umbels or racemes, featuring tubular or narrowly bell-shaped forms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Climber Wall Shrub, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Climbing
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- S America
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in humus-rich, well-drained soil in sun to part shade, ensuring shade for the roots and protection from frost. Cut back dead growth and flowered stems to ground level in autumn. Under glass grow in peat-free, loam-based compost in full light with shade from hot sun
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or division
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free