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Other Names:  Zimbabwe Creeper

Description:

A stunning twining vine that produces admirable glossy green foliage and large beautiful pink trumpet flowers all season long; water during dry spells; must have strong support because vines can become quite large, prune to maintain size

Ornamental Features

Queen Of Sheba Vine features showy clusters of fragrant pink trumpet-shaped flowers with creamy white throats and a hot pink ring at the ends of the branches from early spring to late fall. Its glossy pointy compound leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Queen Of Sheba Vine is a multi-stemmed evergreen tropical plant with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and can be pruned at anytime. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Queen Of Sheba Vine is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

This plant is native to the tropics and prefers growing in moist environments with evenly warm conditions all year round. In our climate, it is usually grown as an outdoor annual in the garden or in a container. If you want it to survive the winter, it can be brought in to the house and provided with special care, and then returned to the garden the following season. In its preferred tropical habitat, it can grow to be around 40 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. However, when grown as an annual or when overwintered indoors, it can be expected to perform differently, and its exact height and spread will depend on many factors; you may wish to consult with our experts as to how it might perform in your specific application and growing conditions.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in sandy soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.

-- THIS IS A TROPICAL PLANT AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE THE WINTER OUTDOORS IN OUR CLIMATE --