Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest In spring the new growth

In spring the new growth comes up like asparagus or young bamboo

Indigenous peoples across tropical America have long turned to the leaves and stems

and in autumn a harvest that can be genuinely abundant

which are the show

Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest In spring the new growthCrossvine is a vigorous, semi evergreen native climber that ascends by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, and var. atrosanguinea is the red one: where the typical crossvine flowers orange, this striking selection, introduced by Woodlanders, carries abundant deep red to red purple trumpets, often over narrower, longer leaves. The flowers even smell faintly of mocha on a warm day. A fine vine for a wall, a fence, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where