Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest Indigenous peoples across tropical America

Indigenous peoples across tropical America have long turned to the leaves and stems

In spring the new growth comes up like asparagus or young bamboo

Standing on: It is native to southern Brazil

and traditional medicine alike

this plant blooms in mid to late spring

Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest Indigenous peoples across tropical AmericaCrossvine is a vigorous, semi evergreen native climber that ascends by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, and var. atrosanguinea is the red one: where the typical crossvine flowers orange, this striking selection, introduced by Woodlanders, carries abundant deep red to red purple trumpets, often over narrower, longer leaves. The flowers even smell faintly of mocha on a warm day. A fine vine for a wall, a fence, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where