Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
Climbs 3–6 m
First harvest
Flowers year two
Family
Bignoniaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Prune right after each flush for the second flowering.
Purple trumpet flushes twice a year, and leaves that smell of garlic when crushed.
Growing it
Prune right after each flush for the second flowering.
What it is for
Screening and colour; leaves used as a garlic substitute.