Rose Cypress Vine is a stunning heirloom flowering vine that produces delicate, star-shaped scarlet blooms from early summer through the first frost. This variety of Ipomoea quamoclit grows quickly to 6 to 15 feet tall, making it an excellent choice for trellises, arbors, and vertical gardens where you want fast coverage and continuous color. Seeds germinate in just 5 to 14 days and reach bloom in 84 to 98 days, rewarding you with months of jewel-toned flowers that attract hummingbirds and other pollinators throughout the season.
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Full Sun
Moderate
10-12
180in H x 12in W
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The rose-red flowers are impossibly delicate, with five thin petals radiating from a bright center, and they open in succession along the vine throughout the warm months. This is a vine that rewards patience during germination but then takes off with genuine vigor, covering a trellis with fine, feathery foliage and never stopping its bloom cycle until frost arrives. Hummingbirds seek it out relentlessly, and you'll find yourself watching the garden far more often once you plant it.
Rose Cypress Vine is grown almost exclusively for its ornamental flowers. Plant it where you can see it up close or watch from a distance, along a pergola, fence, or any structure that needs vertical interest and sustained color from mid-summer into autumn.
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Sow seeds indoors about 4 weeks before your last frost date. Nick or lightly file the seed coat, then soak seeds in warm water for 24 hours before sowing. Place seeds in pots, keep the soil at 65 to 80°F, and cover with a humidity dome to retain moisture until germination occurs, which should happen within 5 to 14 days.
Transplant seedlings outdoors about two weeks after your last frost date, once soil has warmed and all danger of frost has passed.
Direct sow seeds outdoors about two weeks after your last frost date, when soil temperature is warm.
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