Tropaeolum majus ‘Margaret Long’ (d)

Description:

A sport of 'Hermine Grashof'. Miss Long spotted it in the 1930s when she was training as a gardener at Dublin Botanic Gardens and grew it on in her mother's garden. It is a trailing type so the stems can get a yard or so long, but being a double is not as vigorous as the usual climbing forms of T. majus. Propagate by tip cuttings in late summer; the adult plant has a tendency to die off during the winter, even if kept in a light, frost free place.