Carol why don't take some cuttings if you see a freeze coming and put them inside, they root very easyly. I took cutting of mine last year and kept it protected and in the spring I had a leggy plant but it got healthy real quik.
Carmen

You can't kill that stuff! I've been trying to get rid of it for years. cora

Ditto.
I have tried to kill this invasive vine and every year it returns.
It is a difficult vine to " train" up a trellis.
The plant just sprawls all over the place and then gets up and moves.
May have to resort to glyphosphate.
Or a bulldozer.
With a flame thrower.

Wow - you guys have lots of experience with this! Answer to #1? #2?

Thanks!
Carol

Gatormom, you are too funny!!!!

Carol, you know obsessed gardeners we try it all, LOL

Mine had very thick "trunks" that were deader than a doornail come spring. Any new growth came back from the ground, so feel free to hack it back once it gets frozed.

I've two patches, one in the shade of the maple tree, one in full sun, the one in full sun really struggled to come back come spring. Came up, wilted and died. Thought it was dead and gone, but danged if didn't sprout back up again starting about 6 weeks ago, and now the patch is wider-spread than ever. No flowers yet, so it's a waiting game to see what comes first: Flowers or Freeze...

One patch is in front of a chain link fence and it just kinda winds itself through it. The other is in front of a reed fence in front of chain link, it wound itself through the reed fence there, and wouldn't you know it, all the flowers were in my neighbors yard! So I put a 3-step "ladder" trellis in the middle of it to give it support on my side of the fence and now there's more flower on my side now. It definitely likes moral support from horizontal surfaces, so I can see it not wanting to climb a tree trunk.

I really like the plant and have the space, so started some cuttings that I'll plant in the spring.
Such pretty, complex flowers!

I also have the white one.
Was told this is more cold sensitive and harder to grow.
WRONG!
It is not as invasive as the red/pink but just as stubborn.
Pagoda plants are also Clerodendrums- an even more invasive plant.
Clerodedrum is a large family with many agressive members.
These are listed by UF as Non-native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas:

Clerodendrum bungei

Clerodendrum chinense

Clerodendrum indicum

Clerodendrum speciosissimum

Clerodendrum trichotomum

Boy, I sure do love this menace.

My husband built an arch type structure for our Bleeding Heart by buidling a frame out of 4x4's and attaching lattice to the sides and top. It has worked out very well because I don't have to tie the plant to the lattice, it grows through the openings and is well supported.