94 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



DIPLADENIA 



Tropical American twiners with tuberous roots and 

 large, trumpet-shaped, pink, red or purple flowers, freely 

 produced throughout the summer. The favourite sorts 

 are : D. amabilis, rich crimson ; D. Brearleyana, rich crim- 

 son, very free ; D. atropurpurea, crimson-purple with 

 deep -yellow throat ; D. boliviensis, white suffused with 

 pink, and D. splendens. Dipladenias look best when their 

 shoots are trained up pillars or rafters, and they may also be 

 trained on wire trellises. They require close pruning after 

 flowering, and to be kept warm and moderately dry during 

 winter. Plenty of heat and moisture should be provided 

 to induce vigorous growth in spring, when they should 

 be replanted in fibrous peat and sand. Propagation by 

 cuttings of the young shoots in spring. 



ECCREMOCARPUS 



The popular scarlet-flowered E. 'scaber will survive all 

 but exceptionately severe winters in most places if its roots 

 are protected. The leaves terminate in a branched tendril. 

 It is an excellent plant for walls, trellises, and pillars, as it 

 grows quickly, and flowers in July or August. The yellow- 

 flowered E. longiflorus is also worth a place in the garden. 

 Propagation by seeds sown in March in gentle heat ; flowers 

 being produced the same year. 



ERCILLA 



E. spicata, a native of Chili, is an evergreen with dark 

 green leaves and reddish flowers abundantly produced in 



