Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun to part shade
Water
Weekly
Mature size
Climbs 4–8 m
First harvest
Flowers from year three
Family
Malpighiaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Give it a pergola; it is too vigorous for a small trellis.
A woody climber with fringed white-and-yellow flowers and a heavy sweet scent.
Growing it
Give it a pergola; it is too vigorous for a small trellis.
What it is for
Scented pergola climber; classical garden plant of the epics.