I seem to be on a roll with the trailing and tendrily crowd lately, and this little evergreen Australian vine is in bloom around the neighborhood so he definitely rates inclusion.
\nThere’s two blurs of purple as I drive out of my neighborhood to work and errands, one on each of the north\/south avenues that bookend my street.
\nThis mailbox planting faces west. The effect is of a diminutive wisteria, a dainty variety that won’t tear the eaves from your house. Easily kept to under 10 feet.
\nIt blooms early spring here in zone 10, which is apparently now.<\/i> After bloom, cut back by as much as half to keep the scragglies at bay and for more uniform bloom, i.e.,
\nnot all concentrated at the top of the vine. <\/p>\n
It is close to violently violaceous, but growing the pink or white varieties would seem to be missing the point. Hardy to the low 20’s.<\/p>\n
Also answers to Purple Coral Pea, Australian Lilac, False Sarsaparilla (I’d like to know the story behind that last one):<\/p>\n
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