Characteristics
| Hardiness zone | 9a |
|---|---|
| Flower color | pink |
| Foliage type | evergreen |
| Plant form | spreading |
| Mature height | 20 feet |
| Spread | 3 feet |
| Light requirements | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture requirements | average to moist |
| Plant origin | import |
Pink Trumpet Vine
Botanical name: Podranea ricasoliana
A stunning twining vine that produces admirable, glossy green foliage and large beautiful pink trumpet flowers, on new growth in mid to late summer; water during dry spells; will tolerate light frost; prune to maintain size.
Ornamental Features
Pink Trumpet Vine features showy clusters of fragrant pink trumpet-shaped flowers with hot pink veins at the ends of the branches from mid to late summer. It has green foliage. The glossy pointy compound leaves remain green throughout the winter. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes
Pink Trumpet Vine is a multi-stemmed evergreen tropical plant with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
This tropical plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and can be pruned at anytime. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Pink Trumpet Vine is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Accent, Hedges/Screening, General Garden Use, Container Planting
Planting and Growing
This plant is native to the tropics and prefers growing in moist environments with evenly warm conditions all year round. In our climate, it is usually grown as an outdoor annual in the garden or in a container. If you want it to survive the winter, it can be brought in to the house and provided with special care, and then returned to the garden the following season. In its preferred tropical habitat, as a shrub it can grow to be around 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. However, when grown as an annual or when overwintered indoors, it can be expected to perform quite differently, and its exact height and spread will depend on many factors; you may wish to consult with our experts as to how it might perform in your specific application and growing conditions.
This tropical plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in sandy soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.
Pink Trumpet Vine makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its spreading habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
