How to Grow Pakalana

Although this flowering vine has a Hawaiian name, pakalana (Telosma cordata ) is actually native to China and India. It bears small, green-yellow highly fragrant flowers. It thrives in regions with high relative humidity and is hardy to zones 10 and 11 on the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Pakalana is simple to care for when grown within its hardiness zones, where temperatures don't dip below 60 F.

Soil pH testing kit
Trellis, fence or arbor
Pruning shears
7-9-5 fertilizer

Instructions

- 1
  Grow pakalana vine in a full-sun location. Although it will survive with partial shade, the vine won't flower as profusely.
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  Test the soil's pH in the area you wish to grow pakalana. It requires a pH of 7 or below.
- 3
  Provide the pakalana vine with a support system on which to climb, such as a chain-link fence, trellis or arbor.
- 4
  Water the pakalana to keep the soil slightly moist.
- 5
  Prune the pakalana vine to keep it to the size you desire. Wait until it finishes a flush of flowers to prune.
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  Fertilize the pakalana vine in spring before it produces new flowers. Use a 7-9-5 fertilizer, at the rate suggested on the label. Apply the fertilizer to the soil around the base of the vine.

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