Botanical Name: Distictis ‘Rivers’
Common Name: Royal trumpet vine
Type of Plant: dicot: vine

 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape vigorous evergreen vine with beautiful lavender-purple trumpet flowers; climbs with tendrils and lang aggressive stems
Height to 20'
Spread 30 to 40'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil prefers a well-drained soil; not fussy after established
Hardiness tender – Zones 16, 22-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves ovate leaflets to 3" long forming in pairs, oppositely arranged; leaves are deep, lustrous green and somewhat leathery
Flowers purple trumpet flowers in clusters at the ends of branches through the warm season – very striking and decorative
Fruit rare – 12" silique
 
Propagation:
semi hardwood cuttings in fall
 
Usage:
one of the most glamorous and attractive of all of the flowering vines – grown for flowers in tropical or sub-tropical theme gardens; makes a bold statement, but can also be used as a backdrop for other plants
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular watering – does not appreciate drought
Fertilizing balanced, slow release fertilizer when planting
Pruning head back regularly to control size and encourage fuller appearance
Pests/Diseases none major
Special Conditions/Other somewhat easier to contain than D. buccinatoria
 
Origin: Mexico
Family: Bignoniaceae

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