Vines - Pink trumpet vine

Versatile, big pink blooming vine or large shrub. These South African, long-blooming plants can form a large tuberous root making them as cold hardy as they are heat tolerant, which is a beneficial characteristic. They have bright emerald, green, compound leaves on square herbaceous stems they will form mounding woody, self-supportive stems with maturity. Evergreen to semi-evergreen plants can go completely dormant but they grow back quickly as soon temperatures warm in spring. During spring and summer branch ends have fist-sized clusters of large striking pink tubular blooms that are rarely followed by long seed pods. These are clean, easy-to-grow plants for low to mid-desert landscapes. They are one of the few vining plants that will easily tolerate hot western sun, which makes them a valuable option for fence or wall coverings, trellises, arbors, or lattice work. They work equally well as rambling or large mounding ground cover. Average supplemental irrigation during summer is fine. Fall and winter blooms typically take on darker pink shades.

Scientific name:  Podranea ricasoliana

Mature size:  up to 20 ft. high x 10-20 ft. wide

Sun:  Full sun