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Leekle2ManE Lade Lake, FL 9a (
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Tue, Jul 3, 12 at 14:45
| On the north side of my shed, 3ft away from the shed wall, I have a small 4ft trellis wall for growing vines. I actually put this in after I found a bird deposited Morning Glory growing at the base of my tangerine tree and decided to move it. Even though I have the MG planted on the north side of this trellis where it gets some shade during the day, it apparently does not get enough. It gets wilted by 11:00am and just downright pitiful if I don't give it a daily misting around 12:00-1:00pm. Many of its leaves are burgundy in color now, which I'm guessing is its version of being sunburned.
So now I'm on the lookout for a vine that will grow on this trellis and actually enjoy the sun beating down on it during the day. I have four passiflora seedlings started in pots and I believe these like sun, but a neighbor up the street has hers growing on a post under the shade of her oak where it seems to be quite happy. So I'm left with doubts on if mine will actually thrive with full, blazing sun from 10:30am to 6:30pm.
A final criteria for any possible vine applicants would be that I would like keep it native. I'm thinking this is going to relegate me to either passiflora or coral honeysuckle (which might be too bushy to really be a trellis climber) as my choices, but I'm wanting to hear from any who are more knowledgeable than myself (which doesn't take much!).
Thank you in advance. |
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RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| I have a Coral Honeysuckle that does fine climbing the trellis. I cut it back every 2nd year just to keep it in bounds. I love to watch the hummers on it. IMO, you can't go wrong with this vine. |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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my coral honeysuckle is climbing on a wooden fence that I strung fishing line on. It weaves itself in and out of the line until it hits the top of the fence, then it drapes itself over the top and in/out other branches of itself. I too enjoy watching the hummingbirds in it.
Lori |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| Sounds like I will be looking for a coral honeysuckle then. The big box stores nearby never seem to carry them, which is not entirely surprising, so I'll have to find one at a nursery. Perhaps one of the plant stalls at the Marion Market will have one. I wonder though, would a coral honeysuckle and a passionvine happily cohabit on the same trellis? Or would one strangle out the other? (Perhaps this question would be better suited for the vines forum) Thank you for the inputs. |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| I got super excited today when I stopped in at my local Home Despot to pick up some fiberglass resin. While I was there for the resin, I couldn't help but wander through the garden section, as I imagine many here tend to do (besides, you can't beat the amount of open parking spaces near the garden entrance). I came around one corner to find 5 3-gallon pots labeled Trumpet Honeysuckle. I might not know much, but I have learned that Coral Honeysuckle is sometimes called Trumpet Honeysuckle. BUT... the leaves looked all wrong. So I put off purchasing them until I could get home a do a bit more research. It turns out that while the pots were labeled as Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), they are more than likely Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) as the leaves are a closer match. And so, the search continues... |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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I have both of those vines, I'd steer clear of campsis. It dies back in winter and looks like nasty sticks and it reseeds itself everywhere. But the hummers do like it.
Lori |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| Yeah, I'm actually looking for the Lonicera Sempervirens, since it is native to Florida. I guess my point was more about how Home Despot and/or their supplier had another plant mislabeled. In the meantime, I decided to plant my four passiflora seedlings along the trellis and they seem to be doing much better than the MG so far. Two of them have already gone through pretty big growth spurts now that they're in the ground rather than their starter pots. I actually had three varieties of passiflora seeded (incarnata, alata and caerula), but not being a very wise amateur gardener (is there such a thing?), I didn't mark which ones were seeded where. So now I get to twiddle my thumbs until they get big enough for me to discern some identifying traits. |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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Are you prepared for the zebra longwing infestation you're about to have? :)
I planted a passiflora _ I don't know the name but it's the native that doesn't have showy flowers _ a few years ago. And it took a couple years, but I went from seeing one zebra longwing every so often to having a yard full of them pretty much all the time!
It's kind of a PITA vine down here - aggressive, hard to keep under control and prone to fits of self-seeding across the yard. So a lot of it gets pulled every year (including a bunch yesterday.) But I'll never get rid of it now that I have it and I don't regret putting it in because man, the butterflies are awesome. I counted seven together playing around it a few weeks ago. |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| Oh, I am more than ready for the Zebra Longwings. Moving closer and closer to 40 (age), I have never really been into gardening. The reason I've started getting into it is because: 1) I am disabled and can't do a whole lot of anything, so it gives me something to do with my days (my wife has to unload the heavier bags/plants). 2) It makes the yard which was 98% grass look tons better. And 3) it is something I can share with the kids and things like caterpillars and butterflies and other critters are perfect for keeping their interest. There are other reasons, but those are the prime three. I think. So I am impatiently waiting for next year or the one after for the flowers to start popping and attracting the butterflies. |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| I'm about 99% sure that I have that vine growing around on our property. I just went out to look at one and it looks much like the pictures I saw. Would cutting work for it because I'd be happy to send you some -- but I have no idea how I would need to prepare it for shipping. ~ question: does it have a scent? I didn't smell just now but I've been sick and don't know if I just can't smell it. I'm looking for a sun-loving vine to put outside my kitchen window. (though I transplanted one of my many wisteria vines - it's small and I'm not sure how well it will handle being transplanted... we'll see). |
RE: Sun Loving Vine
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| To be honest, I do not personally know. I'm still new to this whole thing, but according to some websites it is possible to propagate from soft or semi-hard wood cuttings, but how easily? I don't know. As for the scent bit, again, no personal knowledge, but, also again, I have read comments from others about not really noticing a scent but that the hummingbirds flock to it like crazy. Still, having grown up around honeysuckle in SC (Japanese variety I think), the idea of a scentless honeysuckle strikes me as odd. |
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