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Firecracker Vine, Jungle Queen, Flowering Vine Garden Seeds

VN00029 JUNGLE QUEEN
Firecracker Vine Seeds (aka Spanish Flag)

Ipomoea lobata (aka Mina lobata)

This member of the morning glory family produces masses of dazzling 1.5 inch tubular flowers that mature from soft lemon yellow, through orange and deep rusty red. A plant in full bloom will never be forgotten! Incredibly showy, it deserves to be the focal point of your flower garden. Grows to 10 feet or more tall. Annual. Sorry, cannot ship to Arizona.


30 SEEDS: $2.49 QTY:





Mina lobata, Firecracker Vine attracts butterfliesMina lobata, Firecracker Vine attracts hummingbirdsMina lobata, Firecracker Vine is deer resistantMina lobata, Firecracker Vine is drought tolerantMina lobata, Firecracker Vine is heat tolerantMina lobata, Firecracker Vine plants grow and flower with in part sunMina lobata, Firecracker Vine plants grow and flower in full sunHow to grow Mina lobata, Firecracker Vine

How to plant FIRECRACKER VINE Seeds

To quicken germination, soak seed in lukewarm water for 2 hours, or nick the pointed end with a knife or nail clippers. Then sow in peat pots or cell packs and cover with 1/4 inch of soil. Kept at 70° F., germination is in 14-28 days. Can be direct sown after all danger of frost, 4-6 seeds per foot. Thin to 12-36 inches apart.

Comments: Full or part sun. Nearly any soil with good drainage. Heat tolerant, drought tolerant once established, faster growing, heavier blooming with regular water. Nectar-rich flowers are loved by hummingbirds and butterflies. Deer resistant.
Firecracker Vine Illustration, 1842