About

This garden plant, reaching 20-80cm, with attractive form. It decorative features.

About the genus

A genus of climbing, flowering plants native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with trifid, claw-like tendrils (divided into three parts) and tubular-shaped yellow flowers. Dolichandra unguis-cati is vigorous and invasive and can smother and kill canopy trees

Plant details

Suggested usesBorders, containers

Care notes

CultivationFertile well-drained soil
PruningTidy as needed
PropagationDivision or cuttings
Pest resistanceTrouble-free
Disease resistanceMonitor pests