This dazzling, easy-to-grow vine makes a colorful screen or trellis plant. You will enjoy its tropical-looking, tubular blooms that stay open all day and attract hummingbirds. The ferny foliage is equally pleasing. Caution: Most parts of this plant are toxic if ingested.
Botanical Name: Ipomoea quamoclit
Family: Convolvulaceae
Native: Mexico and South America
Hardiness: Perennial in USDA zones 11 and 12; otherwise grown as an annual.
Plant Dimensions: 6'–20' vine
Variety Information: 1" tubular red, pink, and white flowers.
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Period: Summer to frost
Attributes: Attracts Hummingbirds