About a month after we moved in here I gave the yard guy a list of plants to pick up at the local nursery for me. On the list was ‘Bleeding Heart’, this is what he brought me back. While it isn’t the traditional Bleeding Heart we have in New England that I was expecting it’s a pretty cool plant.
It is a fast ever green vine native to Mexico. It can reach 40′ I’ve been sharply pruning him.
It blooms from early June through late fall down here. This one bloomed year round for me.
It prefers sun to light shade, I have two of them in heavy shade. It prefers moist soil but tolerates dry soil.
I saw some of these in Hawaii and they grew into bush forms rather than vines. I may try to convince mine to grow that way.
I find it is one of the first plants to show distress when I need to fertilize, so fertilize this plant often.
More information:
Floridata: Antigonon leptopus
Pictures:
Coral Vine, Photo Blog
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1 admin // Jan 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm
This is one of the few plants I still have blooming. Temperatures down to the 20s haven’t bothered it at all.
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