Japanese name: ピンクノウゼンカズラ Scientific name:Podranea ricasoliana
[Overview]
An evergreen woody climber, but in Japan it is deciduous except in warm regions.
Young plants are shrub-like.
It climbs by twining around other things.
Leaves are opposite and odd-pinnately compound, with 3–5 pairs of leaflets.
The leaflets are elliptic with serrated margins.
Panicles are borne at the branch tips.
The flowers are pale pink with reddish purple stripes, funnel- to bell-shaped, about 8 cm long, with 5 lobes at the tip.
The fruit is a capsule.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It can overwinter outdoors in regions without frost.
As long as the site is sunny and well drained, it is not particular about soil.
