General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 15 to 25 feet
Fruit: Other: 3 to 4 inch, grooved pods containing numerous black seeds with silky, white hairs
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
White
Other: Cream; flowers sometimes have dark pink stripes in the throat
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 65ºF-70ºF
Days to germinate: 3 to 6 weeks
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies

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Common names
  • Moth Plant
  • Cruel Plant
  • Bladder Vine
  • Poor Man's Stephanotis
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Araujia sericifera
  • Synonym: Araujia hortorum

Photo Gallery

Date: 2013-08-04

Credit florum
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-01-16

photo credit: Hectonichus
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16
The milky juice
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16
cross section of the seedpod
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16
seedpod with seeds
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16
Seedpod without seeds
Location: Valencia region, Spain
Date: 2013-01-16

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