Holboellia latifolia. broad-leaved sausage vine. A rampant climber, leaves green but tinged purple-bronze in new growth with usually 3 broad, ovate, leathery leaflets, green. Flowers are variously coloured, male flowers usually greenish-white, female …

Holboellia latifolia is an evergreen Climber growing to 4 m (13ft 1in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 9. It is in leaf all year, in flower in March. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but …

Buy Holboellia Latifolia - vigorous evergreen climber with beautifully fragrant whitish flowers in late March. Forms dense foliage and bears edible fruit. SALE NOW ON.

Feb 29, 2020 · Holboellia is named after Fred Louis Holboell who worked at Copenhagen Botanic Garden. Flowers are pink in the dark form but can also be much paler pink verging on white. All are beautiful and worth finding.

H. latifolia is a vigorous, tender, twining, evergreen climber with ovate, dark green leaves. In spring, it bears small clusters of very strongly fragrant, white, sometimes purple tinted, bell-shaped flowers.

Holboellia Latifolia from Burncoose Nurseries available online to buy - Information: fragrant flowers in March. The female flowers are purplish and the male greenish-white. Edible sausage-shaped fruit pods in autumn.

H. latifolia grows with us to a similar height (15-20ft). The leaves are slightly smaller and have three to seven oblong leaflets. The male flowers are greenish white and the female flowers are purple. From this you can quickly appreciate how easy it is to confuse the two species!

Holboellia latifolia smells goooood! This evergreen climber will win your heart with the most amazing fragrance coming from the small greeny-pink flowers which will cover the plant in abundance once established.

Green-purple-red, sausage-shaped fruit up to 10cm in length follow in September and October, hence the common name, broad-leaved sausage vine.

Exotic, highly scented, large, waxy, white flowers emerge in spring along this vigorous evergreen climber. The deliciously fragrant blooms evoke the sweet scent of fresh melons, producing somewhat elongated, edible, purplish fruits, when pollinated. LIGHT: Full sun. WATER: Keep soil consistently moist.