A South American climbing plant related to the nasturtium. It has bright yellow flowers with deeply toothed petals, which give the appearance of a small bird in flight.
裂瓣金莲花
Tropaeolium peregrinum, family Tropaeolaceae
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The canary creeper has five-lobed leaves and bird-like flowers, and a style of growth that separates it from the typical tropaeolums.
The canary creeper is an annual or perennial climber with 5-lobed, light to grayish green leaves.
The canary creeper is a tolerant, fast-growing garden plant that grows easiest in full sun, in well-drained composted garden soil against a wall or fence.
When the clematis and roses get their heads down for autumn, canary creepers and morning glory are just putting their boots on.
For quick colour don't forget the old-fashioned nasturtium, and the canary creeper and the morning glory too which are grown from seed in the spring and flower right through from June to September.