Like all denizens of the jungle floor, it prefers a cool root run and needs supplemental water, particularly during periods of drought. It looks especially pleasing when underplanted with lemon-yellow daylilies or next to magenta cockscomb, Celosia cristata. I have also seen it used effectively as a subject in a hanging basket. Since young vines are reluctant bloomers, purchase only specimens in flower. Queen's Wreath can be pruned back hard immediately after blooming.
Propagation is by cuttings of non-flowering shoots in spring.
Rooting is aided by a dip in rooting hormone powder or liquid. Petrea albiflora, a rarer, albeit less showy white-flowered form, is sometimes offered for sale at botanical gardens. Another genus of vines worthy of attention is Hardenbergia. Two outstanding members of this group are H. comptoniana and H. violacea, known respectively as Lilac vine and Purple Coral Pea. These easily grown Australian natives are frost-tolerant and remain evergreen in USDA zones 9 to 11.