A straggly bush, usually found growing, to a height of
about five feet, in the corner or along the fence of
gardens. Occasionally planted as an ornamental.
Supposed to have originated from tropical America, now
widely spread throughout the tropics.
Photo by Peter Duce
Beautiful, delicate, pale mauve, trumpet-shaped flowers
open with the morning sun and rarely last until evening.
On a particularly windy day they will not even last that
long as they easily become ragged by the gusts. There
will be a fresh crop of flowers the next morning.
