Mysore Trumpet Vine

We saw this plant at the entrance of one of the estates during our trip

to Chickamagalur four years back. The abundant bunches of flowers

hanging down, looked beautiful. We stopped there for a cup of coffee

( fresh, from the estate and heavenly ) and also bought a cutting from

the good lady who owns the estate.  

I planted it behind our house and it spread onto the guava tree. It grew

fiercely, covered the entire tree, spread to other plants around, went outside

our compound, and also into our balcony.  But it never flowered as we had

seen it at Chickamagalur. 

After a snake used the creeper highway to get into our balcony, I cut

down the creeper but a part of it was lingering around the bottom of

the guava tree. 

After we remodelled our clinic, I thought the bare fabrication work may

look better with some vegetation around it and planted a cutting of the

Chikkamagalur creeper at the base.

It has spread beautifully  onto the metal pillar and struts. Two days

back one of our patients mentioned that the flowers at the entrance

look very good. I found the  creeper had flowered and the bunches

of flowers are festooning the entrance. They do look very nice !

After more than four years our effort has borne fruit, rather flowered !