Height: 8-12' Width: 3-6' Blooms: June, showy bracts through fall Sun: Full sun to partial shade Soil Moisture: Moderate Hardiness: USDA zones 4-8 (has been grown up to 8,000') Culture: Garden loam Year Introduced/Recommended: 2006
Description
Vigorous vine clothed with long lasting, circular bracts the size and color of silver dollars, subtending tubular yellow flowers. Propagated by William ‘Ped” Kintzley at the Iowa State University (then College) greenhouses in the 1880’s and passed on to family members. Perennial woody vine.