Alamanda Flower
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Alamanda Flower is also well known as Buttercup flower, Yellow Bell, or Golden Trumpet. This flower is a genus of tropical shrubs or vines belonging to the dogbane family.
Alamanda is native to South America. Their year-round production of large, yellow bright flowers have made the Alamanda very popular ornamentals.
This kind of flower has a typical such as: a woody, evergreen shrub with vigorous growth, may reach a free-standing height of 2 metres or more, leathery leaves are lancelike, pointed, and may either be opposite or in whorls of three or four. The yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers are 5-7.5 centimetres in diameter; cultivated forms tend towards larger blooms which may also be white, purple, pink or orange in colour.
In the wild nature of Alamanda grow along riverbanks and other open, sunny areas with adequate rainfall and perpetually moist substrate. This kind of flower do not tolerate shade, salty or alkaline soils; they are highly sensitive to frost.
Alamanda are otherwise undemanding and with appropriate conditions will grow rapidly, from 1-3 metres annually. The seed of its flower capsules are oval and prickly; cultivated forms rarely produce seeds, but Allamanda are easily propagated from cuttings. Discarded cuttings are quick to take root.



