Thladiantha

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Thladiantha - T. dubia is a handsome creeping perennial of the Gourd family, from N. China and India, with long climbing stems bearing many bright yellow bell-shaped flowers.

All the flowers on a plant are either male or female, so that unless both sexes are planted no fruit is produced. When the female flowers are hand-fertilised they set freely, and the egg-shaped fruits 2 1/2 inches long are exceedingly handsome, green at first, changing to a bright scarlet. The pale green foliage is handsome and the stems run to a length of many feet from a tuberous root, which can be lifted in the autumn after the plant has died down. In the Cambridge Botanic Garden these plants fruit freely every season on an east wall.

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Thladiantha Olivieri

Thladiantha Olivieri - A new kind from N. China, hardy and vigorous, making shoots 30 feet long in the season. The rounded leaves are about 8 inches across, carried on long stalks. Clusters of yellow bell-shaped flowers appear from the leaf-axils from July to September. A handsome climber for warm walls or banks.

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