Get a beautifully flowering climbing plant in the garden with the "Black-eyed Susanne"! We'll show you how to plant and care for it.
The climbing plant, which originally comes from Africa and is still little known to us, has extremely pretty flowers, which is why it is preferably planted on balconies, on pergolas and for greening houses. Whereby she even shows off her impressive, quite lush flowering magic from the end of May until well into October. Due to its dense leaf growth, this herbaceous, evergreen climbing plant provides wonderful protection against prying eyes in the garden and can also be used as a garden room divider.
The individual varieties of Black-eyed Susan (Thunbergia alata) differ primarily in terms of the flower colors, which range from white to various shades of yellow to a bright orange. Incidentally, the Susanne plant got its name from the black central spot in the calyx.
| Black-eyed Susanne (Thunbergia alata) | |
|---|---|
| Flowering: | May to October |
| Planting time: | April to June |
| Lifetime: | annual |
| Planting distance: | 40 - 60 cm |
| Location: | Sun |
| Floor: | nutrient rich |
Cultivation of Black-eyed Susanne
The black-eyed Susanne always prefers full sun, sheltered from rain and wind. Furthermore, you should have a humus soil available.
Regardless of whether you plant the plant, which is usually only kept once a year, outdoors or in a pot - the planting distance between two Susanne plants should always be around 50 centimetres. So that you can climb up to 2 meters, you need a climbing aid or a trellis. Or plant them in balcony boxes and use them as hanging plants.
➥ Tip:
If you combine flowering plants of different colors, it is best to let the climbing plants twine - this creates a real eye-catcher in the garden!
Care of Black-eyed Susanne
➤ Irrigation:
You must have black-eyed Susanne during theWater regularly throughout the season. However, there must be no waterlogging, because she does not tolerate it at all.
➤ Fertilize:
Furthermore, black-eyed Susanne needs complete fertilizer at regular intervals (about every three to four weeks).
➤ Overwintering:
In general, the black-eyed Susanne is only ever cultivated in our gardens as an annual. However, with a little skill, overwintering is also possible, for which you have to bring the plants into a bright, frost-free, cool room from September. Then you should also cut off the individual plant stems at a height of about 50 centimeters.
During the winter dormant phase, you should only water the plant a little (just before it dries out) and never fertilize it.
From mid-May (after the ice saints) you can then repot the plant into a larger container or directly into the field again. It is advisable to carefully get the black-eyed Susanne used to it, first say a few days in the light shade outdoors get used to.