Asarina scandens Joan Lorraine seeds - Climbing Snapdragon

Asarina scandens 'Joan Lorraine' is a beautiful vigorous selection of climbing asarine with dark blue-violet flowers. It is a tender perennial often grown as an annual for seasonal decoration in the garden or on the terrace. It wraps its stems, adorned with light green leaves, around its support and blooms from summer until the first frosts. Sheltered from the cold, this plant can flower almost all winter.

Asarina scandens 'Joan Lorraine' is a horticultural selection by Sahin dating back to 1990. The type species, now called Lophospermum scandens, is a climbing perennial plant native to Central America, including Mexico. This plant belongs to the plantain family, like snapdragons. The 'Joan Lorraine' variety is a climber reaching a height of 3.50 m in one season. The flexible, purplish stems are adorned with rectangular, bright, acid-green, shiny, trilobed leaves. They persist throughout the year if the plant is kept in a greenhouse or conservatory in winter. Flowering begins in July and continues as long as it does not freeze. If the plant is overwintered frost-free, it will continue to bloom. The tubular flowers bloom at the end of the stems. They are trumpet-shaped with 5 tapered lobes. The outside of the corolla is slightly hairy. The fruits are capsules containing several seeds that germinate easily.

Climbing Asarinas are ideal plants for slightly heated conservatories. Outdoors, they climb in one season on shrubs or small trees, as well as on fences and trellises. Like morning glories, they can also be cascaded from hanging baskets or allowed to run in moist rockeries or over low walls. The key is to provide them with warmth, non-scorching sun, and consistently moist soil. Among the varieties that combine particularly well with Asarina scandens 'Joan Lorraine', you will find the Lophos rose. The 'Taiga' clematis, another small climber with extended flowering, can also be an excellent companion.

Attention, seeds reserved for experienced gardeners accustomed to sowing very fine seeds. These seeds are as fine as dust, barely visible to the naked eye.