Glory-flowers
What are they?
The glory-flowers are a small group of species native to South America and members of the Bignoniaceae. One species is regularly grown in the UK as a climber, but it is frost-tender and regularly dies back, regrowing from old stems. As such, plants found in the wild typically do not last long and are more likely to be young seedlings, identifiable by their leaves.
Where are they found?
Glory-flowers are slightly tender, introduced plants and as such, are unlikely to be found regularly in the wild. However, the species has been noted growing in an urban environment where seedlings may occasionally germinate from established plants.
Identification
The brilliant orange flowers and compound leaves with tendrils are unique and unlikely to be confused with another species.
Chilean Glory-flower Eccremocarpus scaber
Introduced as a garden ornamental and once found self-seeding in Felixstowe, Suffolk. Flowers June to September. Evergreen climber with twice-pinnate leaves thatbear tendrils at the leaf tips. Forms a messy tangle of multiple branches.
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