Inquiring minds at today’s Wednesday at Winterthur wondered about plants growing on standards in the Brown Horticulture Learning Center. I asked Chris Strand, who is working on the KidsGrow Children’s Garden. He replied, “there are sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) and canary creeper (Tropaeolum) climbing up the standards.”
Sweet Peas
If you’d like to try these at home, these articles might be helpful. http://www.finegardening.com/plants/articles/sucess-with-sweet-peas.aspx
http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/genus/tropaeolum.aspx
Canary Creeper