When it arrived 6 weeks ago, we planted it immediately and gave it its own plastic trellis 3 feet wide by 7 feet tall. It is in full sun...Read More from sunrise until about 4PM. It started climbing the next day with no transplant shock. It had only 1 stem then. It quickly sent out a second stem and 3 weeks after planting, it was in bloom (see picture). It now has 7 stems growing. Three of them have reached the top of the trellis and are making their way back down and all around. It produces 3 or 4 blooms every day. The gulf fritillaries love it. I observed their caterpillars on it recently. It also attracted monarch, queens, zebra longwings and yellow sulphurs. It smells heavenly. If you have the space for it, you should love it too.
When it arrived 6 weeks ago, we planted it immediately and gave it its own plastic trellis 3 feet wide by 7 feet tall. It is in full sun...Read More