antigonon Mexican Creeper
or Chain of Love


(Antigonon Leptopus)

     This creeping vine is originally from Mexico. Today it can be foundthroughout the Antilles and is common in St. Barth. In its natural state, it can be found twined around hedges, gates, fences, walls, dead tree trunks. During the drier periods, it remains a bulb but as soon as the rains come, its beautiful pink flowers adorn many of the roadside walls in St. Barths.