Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest Grow this one for the

Grow this one for the flowers

and traditional medicine alike

Compact and rounded

and in autumn a harvest that can be genuinely abundant

Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea George Forrest Grow this one for theCrossvine 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