Blue bell Creeper

Blue-bell Creeper (Sollya) - Beautiful evergreen climbing shrubs from Australia, mostly grown under glass but hardy in the open air in the warmest parts of the south-west of England, Wales, and Ireland. Trained around the pillars of a sunny verandah, or against a warm wall, the dark wiry stems extend freely, bearing narrow deep green leaves and small drooping bell-flowers of a clear blue, continued through a long season. The best known kind is S. heterophylla, and of this there is a distinct narrow-leaved form angustifolia, which twines less freely. Swan River. Increase by seeds and by cuttings of half-ripe shoots, which root with some difficulty.