Podranea ricasoliana prophouse-winter-2028 near neighbors in the iris

near neighbors in the iris family

The genus honors Stephen Hales

reliable in zone 8

wet meadows

and set little bluestem

Podranea ricasoliana prophouse-winter-2028 near neighbors in the irisPodranea ricasoliana, the pink trumpet vine or Port St. John's creeper, is a fast growing evergreen climber from the warm regions of South Africa, a member of the trumpet creeper family, Bignoniaceae, prized for showy, trumpet shaped flowers. The plant was first cultivated in the eastern part of the country, around the area known as Port St. John's, which gave rise to one of the common names. From the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the