It's a beauty, and in general a little less hardy/vigorous for me than pitcheri and crispa. I only have seed-grown plants and in their 3rd year they're hardly full size yet, but after each winter the pitcheris and crispas come up much sooner and with more growth. Keep it well mulched and/or in a protected spot this winter.

Awesome, thanks, michael! One of the reasons I chose this particular one was I needed it to confine itself to an eight-foot trellis. Do pitcheri or crispa meet this requirement?

Pitcheri is the tallest, easily contained on an 8' trellis with some flopping at the top if necessary. Viorna is next, crispa the shortest. All of these that I have are seed-grown, so I can't be sure they're pure (except for some of the local pitcheris), so take that info with a grain of salt.

Thanks again, Michael. I will look into pitcheri, for sure!