Several varieties are popular here. Deciduous vine with flowers that vary in shades or combinations of colors including white, yellow, pink and red. Fast growing and needs yearly pruning to maintain good shape. Unusual flowers are fragrant and in shades of lavender, purple, pink and white with a tinge of green. Mulch the base of the vines with straw over winter.
Spring flowers are purplish, sometimes followed by edible fruit.
Grows in full or part sun. Attractive leaves and prolific deciduous vine. Will produce fruit here if male and female vines are planted nearby. Fruit is fuzzy brown outside, greenish inside. Prune the vines like you prune grapes, in late winter.