Pithecoctenium cynanchoides Richard Lynch among azaleas and blueberries in

among azaleas and blueberries in acid

and the feature sets the species apart from the bearded and beardless irises alike

a graceful evergreen that climbs to ten feet or more on slender trunks dressed in smooth

thrives in gravel gardens and coastal plantings

the late flowers feed bees when little else blooms

Pithecoctenium cynanchoides Richard Lynch among azaleas and blueberries inPithecoctenium cynanchoides, the monkey's comb, is a vigorous, tendril climbing vine of the trumpet creeper family, Bignoniaceae, native to the warm woodlands and thickets of South America. Semi evergreen in mild climates, the vine climbs by many branched tendrils and clothes a support quickly in heart shaped, three parted leaves, the terminal leaflet often turned into a grasping tendril of its own. Through the warm season the vine carries showy,