Plant outside after frost. If top is intact leave it alone, maybe it will even bloom earlier this year because it started the season with a big top, instead of having to grow a whole new top from soil level.

Mine always waited until the last minute before frost to start blooming, effectively making it a waste of time except as a novelty offering mostly just foliage. I think this is a typical performance here (PNW), although perhaps flowering is enhanced by placement near a warm wall - I may have seen one or two local examples so situated that had managed to open at least several flowers per stalk, as opposed to like, one for the entire plant.

This post was edited by bboy on Thu, Jan 29, 15 at 14:50

Thanks for the reply,

Have you ever grown a companion flowering vine with it?