Garlic Creeper, Mansoa Alliacea

Description for Garlic Creeper, Mansoa Alliacea
Plant height: 14 – 22 inches
Plant spread: 5 – 9 inches
Garlic Vine is one of the most rewarding, flowering vines that you can grow. Interestingly enough it smells like garlic. However, it doesn’t t smell if the plant is left alone, only when the leaves are crushed. It can either be described as a shrub or a vine since it produces numerous woody vines from the root that grows only 2 to 3 m tall and form a shrub-like an appearance.

Common name(s): Garlic Vine
Flower colours: Purple with white
Bloom time: Seasonal bloomer
Max reachable height: 2 to 3 meter
Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow
Planting and care
It produces bright green leaves up to 15 cm long. Its compact habitat and pretty continuos flowers make it a popular ornamental plant in gardens in the tropics. Flowering twice a year you will find it quite often covered with flowers.

Sunlight: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained soil
Water: Medium
Temperature: 25 to 35 drgree C
Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer
Caring for Garlic Creeper
Watering should be done early in the morning if the soil feels dry to touch.
Apply fertilizer in early monsoon and spring season.
Keep the plant in the sunny location.
Harvesting
NA

Typical uses of Garlic Creeper
Special features: Attractive flowering

Ornamental use: The plant is used for ornamental purpose.