Not the plant you're looking for? Search over 300,000 plants
Climber Wall ShrubAnnual Biennial

Cobaea pringlei

Pringle's cup-and-saucer vine

A species of vigorous perennial climber, usually grown as an annual, with pinnate green leaves and fragrant, funnel-shaped white flowers which appear in September

Buy this plant
Size
Ultimate height
4–8 metres
Time to ultimate height
1–2 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer White Green
Autumn White Green
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H3
Botanical details
Family
Polemoniaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Climbing
Genus

Cobaea can be woody or herbaceous climbers with pinnate leaves bearing a branched tendrils, and large, solitary, bell-shaped flowers in the upper leaf axils

Name status

Correct

Plant range
Mexico

How to grow

Cultivation

Needs a sheltered, sunny wall or trellis and moist but well-drained soil for the best flowers

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown at 18°C in spring plant out when the danger of frosts has passed

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • Climber and wall shrubs
  • Wall side borders
Pruning

Pruning group 11 after flowering

Pests

Generally pest-free

Diseases

Generally disease-free

Get involved

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.