Hardiness zones
Sunset 8-24
USDA 6-11

Landscape Use: Trellis, patio overhangs, green walls, cooling walls

Form & Character: Evergreen perennial vine, tough, colorful

Growth Habit: Vigorous, twining by tendrils, to 30', needs support to climb on, sprouts from base.

Foliage/texture: Opposite, compound leaves (trifoliate), two leaflets that are 3" to 6" in length and 2" wide with a protruding long slender branched tendril in between the two leaflets instead of a third leaflet; medium texture.

Flowers & fruits: Reddish orange, tubular trumpet flowers, usually in clusters, petals fused, corolla yellow; fruit an indehiscent, sharply elongated, brown capsule (4" to 8" long) containing many flat winged seeds.

Seasonal color: Flowers in winter and early spring

Temperature: Hardy

Light: Full sun to partial sun

Soil: Tolerant

Watering: Needs regular water

Pruning: Limited pruning, only to control spread, especially of basal sprouts.

Propagation: Stem cuttings

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: A great vine that should be used more in Phoenix landscapes. There are several named cultivated varieties such as 'Tangerine Beauty' (flowers are completely tangerine orange in color).