The small green flowers in summer are soon followed by rose-red berries that ripen to black in the fall. This vigorous but delicate looking vine, with it's large bipinate leaves, is attractive when grown over large pergolas and arbours.
This tropical vine grows rapidly in the heat of summer, and thrives in hot humid climates. The shiny red stems will twine around any support and will grow fairly rapidly in the summer heat, if supplied with sufficient moisture. The thick fleshy leaves are edible and a popular vegetable in the old...
Vigorous, late-flowering twining deciduous climber. Produces many solitary, bell-shaped yellow flowers, 1-1/2 inches long, from mid-summer to late autumn. These are followed by attractive fluffy seedheads. Grows 15-20 feet high and 6-10 feet wide.
The angular heart-shaped leaves are bright green and show off the unusual flowers to good effect. The flowers have an exaggerated bell-shaped calyx in a rich pink to fuchsia colour. The flower is a narrow dark purple to almost black tube that hangs like the clapper of the bell.
