 | Black-eyed Susan Vine ( Thunbergia alata ). This tender perennial vine (often grown as an annual) was introduced to Britain from India in 1823 and was often listed as an evergreen climber for hot houses in early 19th-century catalogs. The vine is included in a charming book,"The Parlor Garden", which Jefferson's granddaughter Cornelia Jefferson Randolph translated and edited from French in English and published in 1861. The book notes: "The Thunbergia lays hold of any thing that is within its reach, without ever rising very high. It becomes... - Black-eyed Susan Vine ( Thunbergia alata ). |
