Plant Habit: | Vine |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F) |
Plant Height: | 25-50 feet |
Plant Spread: | 5-15 feet |
Leaves: | Evergreen Semi-evergreen |
Fruit: | Other: 4 to 6 inch long oblong, fleshy pod containing up to 12 seeds. |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Blue Other: Up to 10 foot long racemes of turquoise to blue-green or mint green flowers. |
Bloom Size: | 2"-3" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
Suitable Locations: | Espalier |
Uses: | Cut Flower |
Edible Parts: | Flowers |
Eating Methods: | Cooked |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
Pollinators: | Wasps Bats Bees |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
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Stunning by eclayne | Nov 13, 2013 2:17 AM | 4 |