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Are you thinking about planting vines that you can grow in a mild climate? If so, I'll help with the names and descriptions of a few of them and hopefully you will decide to grow some or all.
Antigonon leptopus- Rosa De Montana, this is turly a little Rose of the mountain with a tendril for climbing extending from the bright ink raceme of flowers. From Mexico, these will grow 30' to 40' in Florida and also the Gulf coast and will bloom all summer long, but only in the fall in southern California. These need warm, productive soil, no fertilizer, and moisture during a time of drought.
Bignonia- Trumpet Flower, these have long-ranging vines, tendril-climbing, but do better lying on a roof. You will need to systematic prune these to keep them controlled to to insure maxium bloom. They actually fare well in most any soil.
Bougainvillea- Paper Flower, these have burly vines from South American, and are much used in lower Florida and in southern California. They can make heavy growth in most any soil, have a thick wood truck and are set with very cruel thorns so be very careful when pruning. They will need full sun and are just down to the frost-line in hardiness, will take any amount of moisture, and then can go fairly dry when the bract color deepens.
Distictis lactiflors- Vine in the Bignonia tradition and they are treated as a Bignonia, have dark tenacious leaves that will mingle with the purple trumpets that shaddee into lavender-blue, and will fade to near white. This is a very choice vine, climbing rough surfaces, but do not withstand wind very well.
Ficus pumila- Climbing Fig, a gross plant with an unsavory reputation. It will start moderately enough but will soon develope coarse leaves and heavy, climbing stems crossing and recrossing. This will actually take over a large house, while the vicious roots will take over the garden. The good points to this plant are that it is hardy in l5 degrees of frost, plant it where nothing else seems to grown and hope it doesn't take over.
Gelsemium sempervirens- Carolina Jessamine, a slender, twining, deliciously fragrant vine. This vine will climb into trees in its native south. The flowers, short golden funnels are abundant, the foliage is light shiny green and it is very difficult to transplant.
Hardenbergia comptoniana- Australia, this is a companion plant for the above Carolina Jessamine, has deep, rich blue flowers and does tend to require woodland conditions, doesn't like frost at all.
Hedera canariensis- lgerian Ivy, this is used as a ground cover or for climing on rough surfaces, has large green leaves, marked with white, has more rapid growth then the better known English Ivy.
Hibbertia volubilis- Guinea Flower, 8'-l0', is a luxurious twiner, the light green foliage covers well to the ground, an excellent foil for the clear yellow flowers bloom all summer. It needs moisture and is not hardy more than a few degrees of frost.
Jasminum- The Jasmines or Jessamines, shrubby or scrambling and very fragrant, easy to grow in the sun, but needs good drainage and occasional summer pruning. The foliage is everygreen but it will drop quickly if a frost occurs.
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