Name	Violet Trumpet Vine
Genus/Species	Clytostoma callistegiodes
Family	Bignoniaceae
Type	Evergreen vine
Aka	Used to be Bignonia lindleyana or violacea B. speciosa
Origin	South America, Argentina, Brazil
General	Very easy to grow, low maintainence, strong grower
	Needs trellis / support, will cling to anything
Zones	9, 12-24
Sun	Full or partial shade
Water	Moderate
Plant	Sparse leggy vine, long trails
Leaf	Waxy light green leaves in full sunlight, darker in shade
Flower	Light purple streaked trumpet
Bloom	Spring
Seeds	Produces prickly seed pods full of saucer shaped seeds, two columns divided by a membrane
Prune	Prune late winter to discipline
	Prune dead branches, growth, flowers all year long
	After it is three years old, the plant blooms and grows like crazy
Prop	Seeds or cuttings
	Stratify, soak and nick seeds, takes a long time to sprout
	I have had more success placing the nicked and stratified seeds between two layers of moist to wet paper towel on a tray and leaving them in a warm spot covered lightly with newspaper
Notes:	Too much sun = faded flower colour
	Roots hardy to 10 degrees, tops hardy to 20 degrees
Picture	http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2749/  A picture of me seed pods are there as well.
My notes	I accidentally cut one of the old established root stems about 6" above ground (EEK!) so I got a vase of water sitting above ground for it. It's doing fine even now, a year later! I have to break the vase and build a box around it to cover the roots, but it worked! Half the plant was connected to that one stem. Grown along side a passion flower creates a spectacular wall of colour
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