Full Sun
Moderate watering
Tender
H1c
RHS hardiness
5°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
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Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Coral pea Overview
A small genus containing three species of evergreen climbers in the Fabaceae (Fabaceae) family of legumes, peas and beans, native to Australia. H. violacea (vine lilac) and H. comptoniana (coral pea) are popular garden or glasshouse ornamentals, with trifoliate leaves and sprays of attractive pea-like flowers in Spring usually in shades of lilac and pink.
Common problems with Coral pea
How to propagate Coral pea
Seed
Seed (soaked before sowing) in spring.
Other uses of Coral pea
Grown for their curtains of leaves and racemes of pea-like flowers.
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