Elephant creeper Botanically known as Argyreia nervosa from Convolvulaceae family. Common name are Elephant Creeper, Hawaiian Baby Woodrose, Silky Elephant Glory, Woolly Morning Glory, Hawaiian baby woodrose, adhoguda or vidhara etc. It is a perennial evergreen flowering & foliage vine & it requires trelling or chain like fencing for growing over it.
Elephant Creeper is a vigorous vine native to India, introduced world-wide. It has large, leathery heart-shaped leaves, which are white on the underside due to hairs. It is called elephant creeper because of the large leaves which look like elephant ears. Leaf blades are 15-25 cm long, and 13-20 cm wide, heart-shaped. Trumpet-shaped flowers are on long, white-velvety stalks. Flower-stalks are up to 15 cm long. Flowers are 5-7.5 cm long, with a short tube and bell-shaped limb, lavender to pink, the throat being of a darker shade. The flowers are followed by hard, woody capsules, which when they ripen break open to resemble miniature roses.
Why it is called as Elephant Creeper & What does makes it Special???
It is called elephant creeper because of the large leaves which look like elephant ears. As the plant is evergreen with big leaves it is best suitable to cover the ugly places or wall very easily, it also give roof like structure with full shade if provided with such type of trellis.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT – It can reach more than 12 meter height.
BLOOMING YEAR – Year-around flowering but profusely during monsoon season.
GROWING TIPS – It can grow almost in all type of soil and it can easily grown in any Indian Climatic condition.
- Plants grow very quickly and should be given a strong support to climb on.
- For fast growth it needs support, the more support it will grow very quickly.
- It can grow either in full sunlight or partial sunlight is also okay to grow.
- For lush green & bushy appearance better to plant it directly in the soil.
- After 15 days you can transplant it into your permanent location in full bright light condition.
- Its a popular climber in tropical garden, hardy, quick growing, needs strong support as plants are long lived.
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