The slender, flattened stems intertwine and tangle amongst themselves or whatever they are rambling up or over. This vigorous, twining tropical plant grows up to 10 feet long, growing slowly under cool conditions, then rapidly growing and blooming in hot, humid weather.
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The triangular, medium green leaves are multiply divided into numerous deep, narrow lobes of varying numbers (usually 3-7 pairs plus one wider terminal lobe), almost resembling little palm leaves and giving a lacy appearance to the foliage. The alternate leaves of cardinal climber are halfway between the finely divided, feathery leaves of cypress vine and the entire, heart-shaped leaves of red morning glory. This frost tender annual heirloom vine in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae) has been grown as an ornamental for over 100 years both for its attractive foliage and prolific flowers. sloteri.Ĭypress vine, Ipomoea quamoclit, one of the parents of cardinal vine and its flower (inset).Ĭonfusingly, in some areas it goes by the common name of cypress vine (also the common name of one parent plant) or other monikers including morning glory or hearts and honey vine. x multifida (and still often offered under that name), it is now correctly called I. This hybrid, descended from this single plant, reproduces true from seed, with very few deviations from the parent. When planted the following year, that single seed grew into a plant that produced about 500 seeds, but the progeny could not be crossed with either of the parents or any other Ipomoeas.
It took eleven years before one of the hybrid plants produced a single seed in 1908. He made this cross every season starting in 1897 but all of the few specimens produced were absolutely seedless. quamoclit, as the pollen parent), both native to Central and South America.
Cardinal climber is a hybrid plant, an allotetraploid created by Logan Sloter of Columbus, Ohio who crossed (by hand pollination) red morning glory ( Ipomoea coccinea) and cypress vine ( I.
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