Hardiness Zone: 9-10;
often grown as a tender annual
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Habit: Deciduous
Growth
Rate: Rapid
Texture:
Medium
Height:
8'
Exposure:
Sun
Climbing
Method: Twining and wrapping
leaves
Flower/
Fruit: Red-purple with white
throat
Comments:
Good container plant; moderate
moisture and good drainage; not overly aggressive; remove spent
flowers and seed pods to prolong flowering
Cultivars:
Mystic Pink (pink), Joan Loraine
(purple with a white throat), Pink Ice (pink flowers; triangular
leaves), Bride's White (white), Jewel Mixed (pink, arrow-shaped
leaves), more than a dozen species
