Thursday, August 1, 2013

King's Mantle

 King's Mantle, Bush Clockvine, Thunbergia erecta

A West African native, King's Mantle is a herbaceous perennial climber that grows as dense shrubs.  It can grow up to 6 feet, prefers moist soil but can tolerate some drought, and it does better at partial shade.  This is one of the flowers at my aunt's garden in Antique.


The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most awakened souls. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche




Linking to Floral Friday Fotos

10 comments:

Herding Cats said...

Beautiful pictures.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous blue colour!

NatureFootstep said...

Royal Blue for a King. :)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures!!
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Valerie said...

Lovely images - they could almost be watercolour paintings!

DeniseinVA said...

Your flowers are always a delight, thank you so much for sharing them with us each week and Happy Sunday to you :)

Karen said...

How pretty, a true blue colour!

Indrani said...

Purple, blue or indigo? Whatever... just beautiful!

Chris-June said...

lovely flowers! beautiful photos!

Louisette said...

Wonderfull colour, best regard from Belgium
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