Beautiful ... I'm really sorry you lost it.

Well I'll probably get another one. S.O. has asked me about it several times. He had the pic as his screen saver at work.

Far too invasive here but oh so pretty...

Hetty,
We get just cold enough to knock it back. I had mine in a large container. I had left it outside under some benches in a small shade house that winter, and I'm really not sure what happened, but I think it got wet, then cold. It looked like the trunk,roots rotted.

We are in a Florida rental and there are huge masses of this vine. It's gorgeous and full of flowers. Really impressive. I'm sad that I can't have it outdoors where we live, or in the greenhouse because it's too large and too fast growing. It's a stunner!