Chasmanthera dependens - Plant

Planting and care

Plant where they will receive a minimum of 5 to 6 hours of full sun per day. Plants grown in weak sun may not die at once, but they weaken gradually. Give them plenty of organic matter when planting and dont crowd them.Wear sturdy gloves to protect your hands from prickly thorns.

Caring for Chasmanthera dependens

plant care is not difficult but does require vigilance. The vines need to be trained early when they are young. You may use plant ties or just weave them through trellis sections. Fertilize the plant in spring just before new growth appears.Pinch off the tips of the vines in the second year to promote branching which will fill the trellis with bushy growth.

Typical uses of Chasmanthera dependens

Special features: This climbing rose can be trained to grow on walls, trellises, arbors, fences, arches, pillars, posts or other structures.

Culinary use: na

Ornamental use: The plant is used for ornamental purpose.

Medicinal use: used in medicine for arthritis, joint pain, rhuematotism,. The bark is chewed as a remedy for venereal discharges or as a general tonic for physical or nervous weakness in inflammatory and exhausting diseases.

References

• http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/
• http://www.flowersofindia.net/