It propagates from spring-sown seed or cuttings and grows rapidly, easily scaling walls or a framework.
A sunny position is preferred although too much heat, as well as too much water and mulchy soil could have a negative effect on the flowering.
At this time of the year it's still in full bloom.
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Again, you've highlighted a wonderful plant that I'm not familiar with. It looks as though it is related to our own trumpet vines, that grow wild in our area of Oklahoma, though looks can be deceiving.
ReplyDeleteAnyway thanks for this post - enlightening, as always.
Thanks a lot, precisely one of my next posts is going to feature trumpet vine, although I'm not sure it's the same plant that grows in your area. You’re right, Zimbabwe creeper does belong to the same family as trumpet vine, Bignoniaceae, and is sometimes called Pink Trumpet Vine.
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