When I first saw Westerland a few years ago I knew it was what I wanted growing up the western facing wall of the house, which gets abundant sunshine. Your bloom of Westerland is exactly the color and structure I wanted, but when I began checking out other photographs of Westerland, they seemed very inconsistent to me, so I began to consider some alternative cultivars with a close resemblance to Westerland, and decided on America instead. Its blooms looked more consistent across different photographs, and I think America may have a little more height than Westerland, which I needed to sufficiently cover the walls. So I built a bamboo trellis from an immense stand of bamboo that oddly grows on my neighbor's land (and who is more than happy for me to cut down as much as I want) and planted four Americas at the base of the trellis, and they took right to it. They're doing quite well.
