Iochroma cyanea

This plant is for the greenhouse in the UK. It will eventually grow several metres but is of very lax growth so is best given some support (Solanaceae family)

Plant Portraits through the year

The plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph after it.

Abelia ×grandiflora 13/9/99	Hippeastrum 'Chico' 9/2/03
Abutilon 'Nabob' 26/7/99	Hippeastrum 'Jewel' 17/3/02
Acacia leprosa 'Scarlet Blaze' 7/3/04	Hoheria glabrata 7/7/02
Acacia paradoxa 14/5/00	Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris 29/6/03
Acanthus hirsutus 2/7/00	Hypericum calycinum 18/7/04
Acer palmatum 'Azuma murasaki' 28/11/04	Hypericum forrestii 25/7/04
Acer pseudoplatanus 3/5/99	Hypoestes phyllostachya 29/12/02
Achillea SALMON BEAUTY 'Lachsschönheit' 4/6/04	Hypoestes phyllostachys (flower) 16/3/03
Aconitum arcuatum 24/9/00	Inula magnifica 18/08/02
Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia 5/7/99	Iochroma cyanea 28/6/99
Allium karataviense 22/6/03	Iris bucharica 20/3/00
×Amarcrinum memoria-corsii 13/10/02	Iris confusa 20/5/01
Amaryllis bellladonna 12/09/04	Iris foetidissima 31/12/00
Anemone coronaria De Caen Group 25/5/03	Iris reticulata 22/2/04
Anemone ×hybrida 29/8/04	Iris reticulata 'Pauline' 29/2/04
Angelica gigas 5/9/04	Jaborosa integrifolia 13/6/04
Anigozanthus cultivar 4/2/02	Jasminum nudiflorum 13/12/99
Anthurium 'Beijing Success' 21/11/04	Justicia brandegeeana (1) 30/9/01
Aralia elata 7/10/01	Justicia brandegeeana (2) 15/12/02
Arbutus unedo (Flowers) 6/12/99	Kalanchoe beharensis 1/12/02
Arbutus unedo (Fruit) 17/10/04	Kalanchoe beharensis (Propagation) 6/4/03
Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood' 28/05/00	Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 16/02/03
Azara lanceolata 27/4/03	Kalanchoe tomentosa 9/3/03
Azara microphylla 1/4/01	Kerria japonica 17/4/00
Azara microphylla 'Variegata' 3/4/04	Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' 8/6/03
Azara serrata (flowers) 24/5/99	Kniphofia thompsonii var. snowdenii 30/1/05
Azara serrata (fruits) 10/02/02	Lapageria rosea 25/10/99
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 8/12/02	Lathyrus odoratus 'Apricot Sprite' 2/9/01
Bouvardia scabra 11/10/99	Leptospermum scoparium 'Red Damask' 18/4/04
Brugmansia sanguinea 5/1/03	Leucas ciliata 17/9/00
Buddleia alternifolia 31/5/99	Lichen 2/11/03
Buddleja ×weyeriana 4/8/02	Lilium lancifolium 31/8/03
Caladium 'Rosebud' 22/7/01	Liquidamber styraciflua 10/12/00
Callicarpa bodinieri 18/11/01	Lobelia tupa 25/8/02
Callistemon citrinus 'Splendens' 21/6/99	Lonicera involucrata 9/8/99
Callistemon subulatus 21/7/02	Lonicera tragophylla 25/6/00
Calothamnus validus 4/6/00	Lonicera ×purpusii 15/2/04
Camellia japonica 'Nobilissima' 22/12/00	Lotus hirsutus 14/10/01
Campanula latifolia 'Brantwood' 8/7/01	Lotus maculatus 23/01/05
Canna 'Golden Lucifer' 29/09/02	Liquidamber styraciflua 10/12/00
Cardamine pratensis 15/4/01	Ludisia discolor var. dawsoniana 2/2/03
Cardiandra alternifolia 22/9/01	Lysimachia congestiflora 6/7/03
Catalpa ×erubescens 8/9/02	Lysimachia mauritiana 2/12/00
Catananche caerulea 30/11/03	Magnolia ×soulangiana 'Rustica Rubra' 25/11/01
Cedrus atlantica f. glauca 22/10/00	Mahonia ×wagneri 'Moseri' 13/3/00
Cephalaria gigantea 11/7/04	Malus domestica 'Worcester Pearmain' 23/5/04
Ceratostigma willmottianum (Flower) 3/9/00	Metrosideros 'Thomasii' 16/06/02
Ceratostigma willmottianum (Autumn) 17/12/00	Michauxia tchihatchewii 11/08/02
Ceropegia sandersoniae 12/5/02	Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' 12/8/01
Cestrum 'Newellii' (Fruit) 11/4/04	Morina longifolia 30/7/00
Cestrum parqui 30/8/99	Muscari armeniacum 22/4/01
Chaenomeles speciosa 31/03/02	Muscari latifolium 2/05/04
Chirita sinensis 'Hisako' 14/9/03	Nandina domestica 'Richmond' 22/12/02
Choisya ternata 4/5/03	Narcissus tazetta subsp. italicus 11/3/01
Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl' 19/11/00	Nepeta tuberosa 16/7/00
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' 8/9/01	Nerine bowdenii 18/10/99
Clerodendrum bungei 17/11/02	Nicotiana sylvestris 10/3/04
Clerodendrum myrcinoides 'Ugandense' 27/6/04	Nigella damascena 24/8/03
Clerodendrum trichotomum 22/11/99	Nigella hispanica 26/10/03
Clematis alpina 'Frances Rivis' 24/4/00	Oenothera 'Lemon Sunset' 1/8/04
Clematis 'Artic Queen' 14/11/04	Oncidium (Cameleon Group) 21 Dec 2003
Clematis campaniflora 1/9/02	Osmanthus delavayi 20/4/03
Clematis ×cartmanii 'Joe' 14/4/02	Osteospermum oriana terracotta 'Akterra' 8 Aug 2004
Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica 10/3/02	Oxalis purpurea 'Ken Aslet' 2/12/01
Clematis ×jouiniana 'Praecox' 28/7/02	Paeonia lactiflora 'Immaculée' 6/6/04
Clematis 'Kermesina' 10/8/03	Paeonia tenuifolia 27/5/01
Clematis recta 'Purpurea' 14/07/02	Papaver bracteatum 1/7/01
Clematis rehderiana 11/11/01	Paradisea lusitanica 18/6/00
Clematis tangutica 10/11/02	Paris polyphylla 21/5/00
Clematis texensis 23/8/99	Paris polyphylla (Fruit) 30/12/01
Clerodendrum bungei 17/11/02	Parthenocissus quinquefolia 8/10/00
Clerodendrum myricoides 'Ugandense' 27/6/04	Pelargonium echinatum 19/9/04
Clerodendrum trichotonum 22/11/99	Pelargonium 'Tip Top' 3/8/03
Clivia miniata 9/5/04	Pennisetum villosum 9/10/2003
Colletia paradoxa 27/12/99	Penstemon 'Mother of Pearl' 15/8/04
Convolvulus cneorum 2/6/02	Phlomis bourgaei 'Whirling Dervish' 1/2/04
Cornus mas 2/3/03	Phlomis grandiflora 26/1/03
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina' 6/1/02	Phlomis ×margaritae 23/06/02
Correa alba hybrid 4/10/99	Phlomis russeliana 19/1/03
Correa alba 'Pink' 5/12/04	Phlomis samia 20/12/99
Correa alba var. pannosa 28/9/03	Phormium tenax (seed pods) 22/8/04
Correa backhousiana 5/11/00	Physalis alkekengi (Autumn)15/11/99
Correa baeuerlenii 11/01/04	Physalis alkekengi (Winter)7/1/01
Correa reflexa 'Yanakie' 4/2/01	Pieris 'Firecrest' 25/4/04
Correa 'Marian's Marvel' 21/2/00	Pilea involucrata 7/12/03
Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue' 1/6/03	Platycodon bedding 5/8/01
Corylopsis sinensis var. calvescens 8/4/01	Polianthes tuberosa 'The Pearl' 7/9/03
Cotinus obovatus 27/10/02	Polygala ×dalmaisiana 3/1/00
Cotoneaster horizontalis 26/11/00	Polyporus squamosus 5/10/03
Crataegus oxyacantha 16/11/03	Poncirus trifoliata (flowers) 3/6/01
Crinodendron hookerianum 18/5/03	Poncirus trifoliata (fruit) 23/12/01
Crocosmia ×crocosmiiflora 'Solfatare' 27/8/00	Primula vulgaris 27/1/02
Cymbidium cultivar 14/1/01	Primula Wanda Group 23/2/03
Cyrtanthus falcatus 27/3/00	Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' 13/4/03
Cytissus battandieri 17/6/01	Pyracantha cultivars 23/11/03
Daphne bholua 3/3/02	Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum 21/1/01
Daphne mezereum 17/2/02	Ribes odoratum 6/5/01
Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' 28/2/00	Ribes speciosum 30/3/03
Delphinium 'Alice Artindale' 23/7/00	Ricinus communis 'Gibsonii' 27/9/99
Dianthus 'Doris' 30/06/02	Rosa 'Ausroyal'^PBR William Shakespeare 15/8/01
Dianthus 'Singapore Girl' 13/7/03	Rosa banksiae 'Lutea' (Bark) 13/01/02
Diascia fetcaniensis 20/7/03	Rosa banksiae 'Lutea (Flowers) 21/4/02
Diascia fetcaniensis 'Daydream' 20/6/04	Rosa 'Bourbon Queen' 10/6/01
Diascia rigescens 14/6/99	Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate' 12/11/00
Dierama pulcherrimum 12/7/99	Rosa 'Geranium' 4/11/01
Digitalis ferruginea 2/8/99	Rosa 'Isphahan' 6/11/04
Drimys lanceolata 3/4/00	Rosa Just Joey ® 18/2/01
Echinops bannaticus 19/8/01	Rosa 'Mrs. Oakley Fisher' 16/8/99
Erica canaliculata 10/4/00	Rosa 'Pompon de Paris' 16/12/01
Eriobotrya japonica 7/4/02	Rosa 'Président de Sèze' 9/7/00
Erigeron 'White Quakeress' 12/12/04	Rosa 'Rambling Rector' 15/6/03
Eryngium grandiflorum 20/8/00	Rosa sericea subsp. omiensis var. pteracantha 19/7/99
Eryngium ×zabelli 6/10/02	Rosa 'Schoolgirl' 9/06/02
Erysimum 'Bredon' 29/4/01	Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' 15/5/01
Euonymus cornutus var. quinquecornutus 20/9/99	Rubus rosifolius 'Coronarius' 24/6/01
Euonymus europaeus 29/11/99	Salvia atrocyanea 1/11/99
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii 'Purple and Gold' 20/01/02	Salvia corrugata 21/10/01
Euphorbia margalidiana 17/1/00	Salvia discolor 9/1/05
Euphorbia milii 28/10/01	Salvia ×jamensis 'La Luna' 3/10/04
Euphorbia rigida 25/03/01	Salvia ×jamensis 'Pleasant Pink' 24/10/04
Fascicularia bicolor 21/9/03	Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 31/1/00
Ferula communis 27/7/03	Scabiosa 'Hot Chilli Pepper' 14/09/02
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' 14/3/04	Schefflera veitchii 4/01/04
Fuchsia 'Hawkshead' 8/11/99	Skimmia ×confusa 'Kew Green' 25/1/04
Fuchsia 'Thalia' 1/10/00	Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana (flowers) 28/3/04
Galanthus nivalis 14/2/00	Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana (fruits) 18/1/04
Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' 4/3/01	Sophora microphylla SUN KING 'Hilsop' 21/3/04
Gazania 'Bicton Orange' 16/5/04	Sorbus cashmiriana 29/10/00
Geranium maderense 10/5/99	Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell' 20/10/02
Glandularia platensis 17/8/03	Stephanotis floribunda 28/12/03
Grevillea juniperina f. sulphurea 6/9/99	Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice' 24/11/02
Grevillea thelemannia 30/4/00	Stipa gigantea 14/12/03
Gynura aurantiaca 22/09/02	Tagetes erecta 'Vanilla' 30/5/04
Haemanthus albiflos 15/10/00	Thalictrum aquilegiifolium 11/6/00
×Halimocistus wintonensis 'Merrist Wood Cream' 7/6/99	Tibouchina urvilleana 6/7/00
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (Flowers) 10/1/00	Tricyrtis formosana 26/9/04
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (Calyces) 24/3/02	Tropaeolum tricolor 19/12/04
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (In frost) 12/1/03	Tulipa saxatilis 'Lilac Wonder' 5/5/02
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Orange Beauty' (fruit) 12/10/03	Tulipa linifolia 19/5/02
Hamamelis ×intermedia Hybrid 25/2/01	Verbena 'Peaches and Cream' 19/10/03
Hedera hibernica 27/1/01	Viburnum xbodnantense 24/1/00
Helenium autumnale 10/9/00	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' 17/5/99
Helichrysum RUBY CLUSTER 'Blorub' 26/5/02	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (autumn colour) 3/11/02
Helleborus argutifolius 7/2/00	Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' (Buds) 23/3/03
Helleborus foetidus 18/3/01	Vinca major 24/2/02
Helleborus orientalis 6/3/00	Viscum album 9/12/01
Helleborus thibetanus 8/2/04	Vuylstekeara hybrid (Odontoglossum × Cochlioda × Miltonia) 31/10/04
Helleborus torquatus Party Dress Gp. 11/02/01	Wisteria sinensis 'Jako' 11/5/03
Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso' 26/8/01	Xanthoceras sorbifolium 7/5/00
Hemerocallis 'Stafford' 29/7/01	Zelkova serrata 28/4/02