Malope trifida ‘Vulcan’

This is a rarely seen annual in British gardens…which seems odd as it’s drop dead gorgeous and a piece of cake to grow.

It’s not just the wonderful velvety, trumpet flowers that smother the whole plant in profusion but you will see it has a lime green five pointed star in its centre…this is a very ‘wow’ flower. It even looks fantastic when it goes to seed and produces heaps of lantern like pods.

It’s a bushy number growing to up to a metre in well composted soil…

…and it lasts up to ten days as a cut flower.

Oh…and one last thing…it’s a tetraploid…yes…I knew that would clinch the deal.

Height: 100cm

100ish seeds in a pack

Sow Malope ‘Vulcan’ seeds in March undercover or mid April outside.

Half Hardy Annual.