35 HEIRLOOM Black-eyed Susan Susie Mix vine and 50 similar items

35 HEIRLOOM Black-eyed Susan Susie Mix vine (Thunbergia Alata) SEEDS Colors include orange, yellow,and white. Use as a ground cover, in hanging baskets, or train on a trellis or strings Thunbergia alata, commonly called Black-eyed Susan vine, is a herbaceous Annual /perennial climbing plant species in the Acanthaceae family. It is native to Eastern Africa, and has been naturalized in other parts of the world. It is found in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil and Hawaii, along with eastern Australia and the southern USA in the states of Texas and Florida.[1] It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and in hanging baskets. The name 'Black-eyed Susan' is thought to have come from a character that figures in many traditional ballads and songs. In the Ballad of Black-eyed Susan by John Gay, Susan goes aboard a ship in-dock to ask the sailors, where her lover Sweet William has gone. Black-eyed Susan is also a name given to another species of flowers - Rudbeckia.