A South African vine with glossy, divided leaves and big clusters of pink trumpet flowers from late summer into fall. It uses little water once established, draws hummingbirds and recovers quickly from winter frost.
Living with it in the Phoenix Valley
Watering
Follow the shrub schedule in our Landscape Care guide while it establishes. Once settled, it gets by on relatively little water and grows more compactly in our dry climate than in humid regions.
Pruning
In late winter, remove frost-damaged growth and cut it back by up to half to keep it full. Light trimming is fine from summer into early fall.
Cold
A hard freeze will burn the leaves and tips. Leave the damage in place until spring as protection, then cut back once new growth starts.
Heat
Avoid hot west-facing walls, where reflected heat can scorch it. Blooming often pauses in the hottest weeks of summer.
How our designers use it
Covering block walls
Trained on wire or a trellis, it turns a plain block wall into a green screen with a long fall bloom.
Columns and pillars
Wrapped around a patio post or ramada column, it adds color at eye level.
A hummingbird garden
Paired with other tubular-flowered plants, it extends the season for hummingbirds into fall.
Good to know
Around the pool
No thorns and no irritating sap. Spent flowers drop in season, so we keep it off fences that lean directly over the water.
At the nursery
It is easily confused with Bower Vine, which looks similar in a container. Check the botanical name on the tag.
