Suggestions for a hardy flowing vine..?
Question:Any ideas for a vine that flowers that will grow well in the carolina/virginia mountains? Jasmine is a favorite, but will it grow in this area? Any ideas?
Answers:
A few ideas:
1. Wisteria (be careful with this one if you plant it near the house...it likes to grow into the grouting if you have brick or even the siding)
2. Trumpet vine
3. Clematis
Not sure if jasmine is hardy in the mountains of Carolina/Virginia.
Best of luck to you on that.
best bet is to either check out what your neighbours are growing. if it works well there, should work in your garden too. im not sure what will grow in your area(im in canada) but i did a neighbourhood stroll and took ideas from others yards. also your nursery can be very helpfull as well
Pink honeysuckle. Not as leafy, but very showy blooms all summer long. It is a very cooperative vine.
By the way, if you plant a trumpet vine... keep it very far away from your foundation. And once youhave a trumpet vine, you will ALWAYS have a trumpet vine. Very woody vines, beautiful blooms, but will take over everything. It spreads everywhere! They are about as easy to control as a bee stung pony.
Mandevilla
Care
Outdoors: Mandevilla is cold sensitive and can be taken outdoors when the danger of frost has passed and overnight temperatures reach over 50ºF. It likes full sun to part shade in the summer and a deep rich, well-drained soil. It will also need a trellis to support its long trailing vines. Provide plenty of water during the hot days of summer. To keep a healthy blooming plant, feed it every other week with a high phosphorus fertilizer (10-20-10) in the spring and summer. In order to maintain the tangled growth during the season, pinch off new shoot tips which will produce a bushier plant. Trimming will not reduce flowering as it blooms on new growth. Use the cuttings to make new plants.
Propagation
It can be started from seed at temperatures of 70-80ºF. A faster way is to take cuttings in the spring and summer which will easily root and develop new plants.
Watch out for mealybugs, scales, whitefllies and red spider mites.
Winterover mandevilla
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