Hardiness Zones: 10 to 11. Heat Zone 12.

Habit: Tender topical perennial vine grown as an annual or container plant. Texture is medium.

Exposure/Culture: Sun, will toerate afternoon shade. Keep well watered and fed while blooming.

Climbing Method /Spread: Twinning, 8 to 10', growth rate is rapid.

Foliage/Flower/Fruit: 3 to 4 inch pale pink to rosey red tube shaped flowers summer to early fall.

Cultivars: 'Rita Mae Green' - shown, 'Alice Du Pont' - bright pink, 'Peter Pan' - red, 'Janet' - rose red, 'Leah' - blush pink.

Comments: Tender vine; can be brought indoors in the winter; keep well watered when blooming; allow to go semidormant if overwinter indoors.