Podranea ricasoliana - Pink Trumpet Vine

Podranea ricasoliana Pink Trumpet Vine is a large, sprawling, woody vine that clambers without tendrils up through trees fences from which the stems arch gracefully outward but without support is good as a groundcover. The evergreen pinnate glossy green leaves have 7 to 9 leaflets with pointed tips. The flowers begin to appear in clusters at the branch tips in mid to late summer and are present until first frost. The lightly fragrant pale pink bell-shaped flowers are have maroon stripes from the petal base leading down into a cream and followed by long narrow beanlike fruit. Best in full sun with occasional water. Exposure Full sun Grows to up to 20 ft. high x 10-20 ft. wide Hardiness Zone 8-11