Description
This dazzling, easy-to-grow vine makes a colorful screen or trellis plant. You will enjoy its tropical-looking, tubular blooms that stay open all day and attract hummingbirds. The ferny foliage is equally pleasing. Caution: Most parts of this plant are toxic if ingested.
Variety Info
- Family: Convolvulaceae
- Native: Mexico and South America
- Hardiness: Perennial in USDA zones 11 and 12; otherwise grown as an annual.
- Exposure: Full sun
- Bloom Period: Summer to frost
- Plant Dimensions: 6’–20′ vine
- Variety Info: 1″ tubular red, pink, and white flowers.
- Attributes: Attracts Hummingbirds
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date.
- When to Start Inside: 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting outside after your average last frost date. Roots are sensitive to disturbance; start in biodegradable pots that can be planted directly into the ground.
- Days to Emerge: 5–15 days
- Seed Depth: ½”
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 6″–12″
- Thinning: When 2″ tall, thin to 1 every 6″–12″
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