Big, beautiful panicles (to 12") of deep purple flowers are produced abundantly at the ends of the stems from spring to December (in Cali...Read Morefornia's Bay area).
Best grown as a climber, this is a scandent shrub that will need assistance to climb, as it has no holdfasts or tendrils and does not twine.
Vigorous, it can grow 8' in its first year.
Collected in Jalisco, Mexico, where summers are very wet and the other 8 months very dry. Drought tolerant, but performs best with some irrigation (Bay area) and organic soils.
Big, beautiful panicles (to 12") of deep purple flowers are produced abundantly at the ends of the stems from spring to December (in Cali...Read More