Landscape Use
In the home landscape it can be grown in part shade to full sun. If you don’t have a sunny location, the base of the vine can be planted in shade and it will climb upwards to reach sunlight. It will find its way upwards to get enough light to produce flowers. It is a very strong climber and it twines around its supports very tightly.
Skyblue clustervine doesn’t play well with others so it’s best planted on its own because the main stems grow thick and constrict tightly around whatever they use as a support. Its growth habit is almost identical to skunk vine (Paederia foetida) and it actually looks very similar (when not in bloom), except its leaves are alternate and evergreen.
It can be grown umbrella like … growing up and spreading out once it reaches the top of its support. It will tolerate being manicured and trimmed so it can be kept tidier than it generally grows, but it is an ongoing chore. Its growth potential is around twenty to thirty feet so it will make a rather large living umbrella.
I also plant mine at the base of running bamboo stalks and it climbs to the top, spreads out over the tops, and blooms.
It is native to Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and Hawaii and can be grown in gardening zones 9 through 11.