About
Cantua buxifolia is an upright, semi-climbing evergreen shrub. During the spring season, it produces clusters of drooping tubular blossoms that range in color from pink to purple, featuring red lobes on the petals.
About the genus
Cantua consists of evergreen shrubs or small trees characterized by their arching or scrambling branches. The plants produce prominent terminal corymbs featuring narrow, tubular flowers that have five spreading lobes, available in various colors.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Climber Wall Shrub, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Columnar upright
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
- Native to
- Andes of Bolivia, Peru & Chile
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow under glass in peat-free, loam-based compost in full light. Plants may be stood outdoors for the summer. In frost-free areas grow in a warm, sheltered position in full sun. The long, flexible stems will need support
- Pruning
- Pruning group 11, after flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in heat in spring, or by semi-ripe cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free