About
Cobaea pringlei is a robust perennial vine commonly cultivated as an annual. It features feathery, compound leaves and produces aromatic, funnel-shaped white blooms that typically emerge in September.
About the genus
Cobaea consists of climbing plants that can be either woody or herbaceous. They feature pinnate leaves with branched tendrils and produce large, solitary, bell-shaped blooms located in the upper leaf axils.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Climber Wall Shrub, Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Climbing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- Mexico
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Needs a sheltered, sunny wall or trellis and moist but well-drained soil for the best flowers
- Pruning
- Pruning group 11 after flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown at 18°C in spring plant out when the danger of frosts has passed
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free