With the cut-flower Spencers, a bit of twine is required ... Image Mr. Mattus describes love in a puff vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) as “a mass of crazy hair” that eventually decorates ...

But it is better behaved than its weedy lookalike, self-seeds with discretion and, with much larger flowers held up higher, is prettier. Now we’re at love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum ...

Its dark-green fleur-de-lis shaped leaves are practically hidden by the scarlet to creamy yellow tubular flowers held on arching stems. Another attractive annual vine is love-in-a-puff ...