‘Exotic Love Vine’ Heirloom Mina Lobata Seeds

Love Vine -Exotic Love Vine (Heirloom) - Ipomoea lobata Annual - A rare and vigorous vine with distinctive fleur-de-lis shaped leaves and graceful sprays of entrancing blossoms bicolored in warm coral to creamy yellow. Soil & Water: Keep seedlings moist. Ordinary garden soil is satisfactory in sunny location with adequate support. Planting & Growing: Begin indoors (8-10 weeks before last frost) or outdoors once temperatures remain above 50 degrees. Soaking seeds in tepid water no more than 8 hours prior to sowing may speed germination.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Ipomoea lobata
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Vining
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 7-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 8-10 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 10-12"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for ‘Exotic Love Vine’ Heirloom Mina Lobata and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Final planting or thinning should be at10-12" apart.

Place ‘Exotic Love Vine’ Heirloom Mina Lobata where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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