| Plant Habit: | Shrub Vine |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
| Plant Height: | 15 to 25 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 4 to 8 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Lavender |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Other: 1-2 reblooms in summer |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant |
| Toxicity: | Other: Pods and seeds are poisonous |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| tabbycat | On May 14, 2022 | Miscellaneous Event Largest in pot started wrapping around a Lorepetalum branch by gate so I'll let it to see results |
| tabbycat | On April 20, 2022 | Plant emerged Overnight 3 of 4 plants 8" in hanging pot got leaves. I hung in dead part of 1st Lorepetalum where they can climb this year if they want,. |
| tabbycat | On June 1, 2021 | Miscellaneous Event longest is starting to want to climb so I'm spiraling around pot hangers |
| tabbycat | On May 5, 2021 | Miscellaneous Event Two 12" & 1 about 15" |
| tabbycat | On March 30, 2021 | Plant emerged Just tips of all 3 in hanging pot green today * 4-8-21 leaves on each tip. |
| tabbycat | On May 1, 2020 | Transplanted Three 7" survivors put together in a hanging basket |
| tabbycat | On March 15, 2020 | Plant emerged 3 survivors are 6" in their own pots & have sprouted new growth |
| tabbycat | On January 29, 2019 | Transplanted 5" already with several leaves. Put in deeper 6 pk. |
| tabbycat | On January 19, 2019 | Seeds germinated 5 of 6 sprouted |
| tabbycat | On January 7, 2019 | Seeds sown 6 seeds |
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