One of my native plant purchases in April 2020, I failed to find a good place for this vine in the garden in 2020. It languished in a pot where water and attention were sporadic, at best. Yet it survived.

I’ve seen photos of this vine climbing tree trunks and blooming boldly with orange tubular flowers. Hummingbirds are drawn to them, of course, and the rufous hummingbird is known to pollinate the flowers.

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My future plan for this plant, and they likely will happen soon, is to carve the ivy away from the Douglas fir tree and plant this vine next to it, tie it to the trunk, and train it to grow there if it can survive in that dry, mostly shady space.