Thladiantha dubia
Goldencreeper
Thladiantha dubia is a fast growing climber which will quickly cover walls and fences with a carpet of pale green heart-shaped foliage,and yellow bell-shaped flowers, which, in hotter climes, are followed by reddish fleshy fruit. This annual requires support to help it climb. The plant is not self-fertile. If fruit and/or seeds are required, a male and female plant must be grown
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Goldencreeper
Latin name
Thladiantha dubia
type
Climber
family
Cucurbitaceae
ph
5.6 - 7.4 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
2.00 M
Thladiantha dubia
Thladiantha dubia is a fast growing climber which will quickly cover walls and fences with a carpet of pale green heart-shaped foliage,and yellow bell-shaped flowers, which, in hotter climes, are followed by reddish fleshy fruit. This annual requires support to help it climb. The plant is not self-fertile. If fruit and/or seeds are required, a male and female plant must be grown
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Thladiantha dubia is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant. If seed is required both male and female plants must be grown.). It is pollinated by Insects. The plant is not self-fertile. The flowers are yellow, and typical of flowers of the cucurbitaceae family
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in moist soil in full sun (it cannot grow in shade)