Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

General Information Common Name  Firecracker Vine or Spanish Flag or Even Exotic Scientific Name  Ipomoea lobata Sun Tolerance  Full Sun Height  2 - 3 m (6 – 10 ft) Spread  18 – 30 cm (9 – 12 ins) Growth Rate  Fast Bloom Time  Late Summer, Early Fall Color  Green Flower Color  Red to Orange to Yellow Type  Cactus n Succulents Native  Mexico, Central and South America

Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Eudicots Subclass  Asterids Order  Solanales Family  Convolvulaceae Genus  Ipomoea Species  I. lobata

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata commonly known as Firecracker Vine also known as Spanish Flag more known as Even Exotic is native to Mexico, Central and South America. This is a flowering vine and annual and Creepers & Climbers plant.   Its flower is so beautiful and looks like Spanish flag so it also called "Spanish flag". Its can bloom year round in warm climates, but generally blooms from summer to fall.  The flowers are multicolored of Red to Orange and Orange to Bright Yellow. This plant is daintier, with racemes of roughly nine, upward-facing tubular flowers. The lower flowers open and mature to an egg-custard yellow and the long pale stamens protrude.

Planting Ipomoea lobata seed is very rewarding. Soak the seed overnight in warm water or nick the flower seed with a knife to break the outer coat of the seed. For the earliest blooms, start the flower seed indoors. Transplant Ipomoea lobata seedlings outside after frost danger has passed. Firecracker Vine seeds can also be started directly outdoors in a prepared seed bed once temperatures have warmed in the spring.

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag: Young Plant

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag

Ipomoea lobata – Firecracker Vine – Spanish Flag