purple bell vine

Grow under glass in a loam-based compost in full light with protection from hot sun. During growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly but keep just moist in winter. Pot on in spring. Can be grown outdoors in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in a frost-free area. In frost prone areas can be grown outdoors as an annual

Plants grown under glass may need restrictive pruning in late winter

Propagate by seed sown at 15-18°C when ripe or in spring

May be attacked by glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite

Generally disease free