Hardiness zones:
Sunset 12, 13, 16, 18-24, zones 14-15 with cold protection
USDA 9-11

Landscape Use: Large scale ground cover, espalier, large informal hedge

Form & Character: Evergreen vine or shrub, running, sprawling, unruly

Growth Habit: Is able to brambles to 50 to 100', else wise can maintain as a 6-8' shrub with frequent hard pruning

Foliage/texture: Pinnately compound leaves with dentate margins, glabrous with prominent veins, gray stems, medium texture

Flowers & fruits: Brilliant tubular orange to vermilion flowers to deep red 2" long flowers in terminal cluster. Flowers more red in cooler in cooler climates fading to orange in warmer climates or as the weather warms.

Seasonal color: Brilliant orange to deep red during October to March

Temperature: Hardy, though avoid western exposures

Light: Full sun to partial shade, avoid reflected light of south and west exposures

Soil: Tolerant of all but most alkaline soils

Watering: Use irrigation to control vigor

Pruning: Requires regular hard pruning except during Fall

Propagation: Cutting, layering

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: Flowers attract hummingbirds. Variety aurea (seldom seen in Phoenix) has yellow flowers and tolerates more heat. Do not use in combination with Algerian ivy or other groundcovers as this plant will spread rapidly! Easily killed by use of glyphosate in summer.