Last year mine didn't flower until November (or so - I forget exactly when it was) and I didn't see any buds at all until late Septenber. This year I see a couple forming now, but they are still tiny and likely won't flower for another month.

Last summer was cool here, and this year has been fairly hot, but with a lot of rain. That's more to their liking than last year, but it still is mostly floiage. Maybe I should have dumped some bloom booster fertilizer on it...

It's a beautiful flower though, and I'll give it one more try next year before I throw in the towel on this vine.

BP

We have flowers on ours. We overwinter it in the sunroom until May, then bring it outside, morning sun, afternoon shade. I went and fertilized ours today after reading BP's entry. I never seem to get around to fertilizing (my bad).

I like the way the flower goes from green/white to a dark purple in less than a day.

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Cheers,
MG

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Great plant/pic thanks so much for sharing....one of those to put on my wish list!! Brenda

It is a very nice flower. I have tried to get it flowering as well with little luck
Yet my son, who lives in Newmarket, Ontario, had it growing last year, in his rock garden, which has very rich soil, (he is newer to gardening and didn't know it is a climber really) but it flowered madly for him from mid August til frost and beyond.
It was neat but he didn't plant it again this year

Someone told me years ago kept pinching the ends & don't over fertilize & it will bloom... Seem to work everytime on my pot grown ones.. Good luck..

Thanks for replies and wonderful pics!

I finally have spotted the flower buds which are about 2 inches long....so if the frost holds off for another few weeks maybe I will see blooms, wish me luck LOL M