Rhodochiton atrosanguineus 'Purple Bells'
Rhodochiton atrosanguineus 'Purple Bells' is an exotic tender vine with dark purple tubular flowers and light purple calyces.
Description:
Rhodochiton atrosanguineus 'Purple Bells' is an exotic tender climbing vine with green, heart-shaped leaves edged in purple that easily coil around any support. Free-flowering blooms from spring to frost, are long, tubular and of the darkest purple suspended from purple-red bell-shaped calyces. After pollination, the tubes fall away with the sepals expanding and turning a greenish to rose-red colour for weeks on end. A fast-growing, easy care climber from 10 to 12 feet. Perfect for a wall, trellis, pergola or hanging baskets. Over winter in a frost-free area or treat as an annual. Photo: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Purple Bell Vine
Family: Plantaginaceae (The Plantain Family)
Zone Hardiness: 10-11
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 10-15'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Magenta
Class: Deciduous
Type: Vine
Bloom Time: Spring - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Woodland areas in Mexico.
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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