Ipomoea Quamoclit an Annual or Perennial Cypress Vine Summer Flower
CYPRESS VINE
The winding shoots of this Ipomoea grow slowly but steadily up strings or twigs, which makes this species very suitable for pots or other containers. Its magnificent, deeply divided leaves and relatively small but subtle red flowers grow on the winding stems. The Cypress vine will bear flowers every day from July until the end of September, though not as many as Ipomoea purpurea. The species is sown indoors and may be taken out-of-doors to the warmest and sunniest spot you can find by the end of May. It is also possible to buy the plant, though it is not widely available.
Ipomoea quamoclit (Cardinal Creeper or Hummingbird Vine or Star Glory) is a species of morning glory native to tropical regions of the New World from northern South America north to Mexico.
It is an annual or perennial herbaceous twining vine growing to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are 2-9 cm long, deeply lobed (nearly pinnate) with 9-19 lobes on each side of the leaf. The flowers are 3-4 cm long and 2 cm diameter, trumpet-shaped with five points, and can be red, pink or white; flowering is from early summer to late fall.
