Showing posts with label Vines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vines. Show all posts
Saturday, October 4, 2008
My Cypress Vine ( Ipomoea quamoclit ) project is coming along very nicely. It is now flowering beautiful red star shaped flowers. Click here to see other posts on the Cypress Vine Project. Here are some pictures of the project progress.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures. See you again next time!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I have had my Passion Flower Vine ( Passiflora incarnata ) for a while now in a pot on a shelf. I have been hesitant to incorporate it into my garden on the grounds that it is extremely invasive. Click Here for more information on the Passion Flower Vine.
The other day one of my watering cans started leaking from the bottom. I almost threw it away when I thought of an idea. I will use it to contain my Passion Flower. Basically I will place a pot inside of the watering can. To start, I set a piece of wood on the ground next to my clothesline pole. This is a good barrier piece. Then I cut off the bottom of the leaky watering can. I set the bottom of the watering can on top of the wood piece. I then placed the pot of Passion Flower Vine on top of the bottom of the watering can. Now I have two barrier pieces. Then I placed the body of the watering can over the Passion Flower pot and feed the vine through the top. To finalize my project, I tied the vine to the pole using pieces of bread ties. Now I can have my Passion Flower Vine in my garden without worrying about it spreading, in theory.
I hope this works out. I will keep you updated on my Passion Flower Vine Project. Here are some pictures of my new project.
The other day one of my watering cans started leaking from the bottom. I almost threw it away when I thought of an idea. I will use it to contain my Passion Flower. Basically I will place a pot inside of the watering can. To start, I set a piece of wood on the ground next to my clothesline pole. This is a good barrier piece. Then I cut off the bottom of the leaky watering can. I set the bottom of the watering can on top of the wood piece. I then placed the pot of Passion Flower Vine on top of the bottom of the watering can. Now I have two barrier pieces. Then I placed the body of the watering can over the Passion Flower pot and feed the vine through the top. To finalize my project, I tied the vine to the pole using pieces of bread ties. Now I can have my Passion Flower Vine in my garden without worrying about it spreading, in theory.
I hope this works out. I will keep you updated on my Passion Flower Vine Project. Here are some pictures of my new project.
This is the Passion Flower Vine project.
Here you can see the green ties I used to attach the vine.
Here you can see the barriers in place.
This is a view from the front.
Here is a top view. You can see the pot inside the watering can.
I hope you found this post useful. Let me know if you have any success if you try. I will let you know how mine goes.
Monday, August 11, 2008
While I was volunteering at Heathcote Botanical Gardens of Fort Pierce Florida a few weeks ago, I noticed a beautiful vine covering something. The vine was so thick I could not see the object being covered. This vine is known as the Cypress Vine ( Ipomoea quamoclit ), also known as the Hummingbird Vine and Star Glory. I was fascinated by the vines flowers and the leaves. I do not have any pictures of the flowers but they will be here soon.
I collected the seeds from the Star Glory Vine at Heathcote and germinated them at home. I have several pots of them now, they germinated so fast. I think it only took a week to get several sprouts. The seeds are very tiny.
I had an old umbrella laying around that I decided to use as a topiary frame for my Cypress Vine. So far so good, I tied the Cypress Vine up to the umbrella frame using a twist tie and it is doing the rest.
Some people say that this is a very, very invasive vine. To me, it is alot better than the vines that are taking over my fence line. At least this one has amazing flowers. The flowers are deep red and shaped like a star, hence the name Star Glory Vine. This vine is also very attractive to hummingbirds, hence the other name Hummingbird Vine. I would love to have hummingbirds in my yard.
The Cypress Vine is happy in full sun to partial shade. It also likes to be watered regularly and has been reported to climb up to heights of 20 feet. Maybe one day I will set it to climb a Palm Tree and see how high it grows. For now here are the first pictures of my Cypress Vine Project.
I collected the seeds from the Star Glory Vine at Heathcote and germinated them at home. I have several pots of them now, they germinated so fast. I think it only took a week to get several sprouts. The seeds are very tiny.
I had an old umbrella laying around that I decided to use as a topiary frame for my Cypress Vine. So far so good, I tied the Cypress Vine up to the umbrella frame using a twist tie and it is doing the rest.
Some people say that this is a very, very invasive vine. To me, it is alot better than the vines that are taking over my fence line. At least this one has amazing flowers. The flowers are deep red and shaped like a star, hence the name Star Glory Vine. This vine is also very attractive to hummingbirds, hence the other name Hummingbird Vine. I would love to have hummingbirds in my yard.
The Cypress Vine is happy in full sun to partial shade. It also likes to be watered regularly and has been reported to climb up to heights of 20 feet. Maybe one day I will set it to climb a Palm Tree and see how high it grows. For now here are the first pictures of my Cypress Vine Project.
I hope you enjoyed the post, stay tuned for updates!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
I was over at my buddy Jeremy's house today and we were in his backyard walking around and talking when I noticed a rather interesting flower on his fence. We walked over to the purple crazy flower and I asked him what it was and he couldn't remember right at the moment as the name was on the tip of his tongue. He told to rip some up and take it home because he had it all over.
When I returned to the house and walked in the front door holding a bag I was asked what's in the bag? I said I am not sure you tell me, she said Passion Vine!! So I called Jeremy back to verify and he said yep that's it!! I immediately went outside and planted my new Passion Vine's into pots.
The Passion Vine ( Passiflora incarnata ) is very invasive!! The Passion Vine grows best in full sun to partial shade. The Passion Vine can grow from 4-20 feet tall. It grows extremely fast and can get out of control very quickly!! I will attempt to grow my Passion Vines in pots next to my fence and see if they will climb the fence that way to contain them. If not, oh well the flower is absolutely amazing!! Here are some pictures of my new Passion Vine ( Passiflora incarnata ) or Passion Flower is another name it is referred to.
When I returned to the house and walked in the front door holding a bag I was asked what's in the bag? I said I am not sure you tell me, she said Passion Vine!! So I called Jeremy back to verify and he said yep that's it!! I immediately went outside and planted my new Passion Vine's into pots.
The Passion Vine ( Passiflora incarnata ) is very invasive!! The Passion Vine grows best in full sun to partial shade. The Passion Vine can grow from 4-20 feet tall. It grows extremely fast and can get out of control very quickly!! I will attempt to grow my Passion Vines in pots next to my fence and see if they will climb the fence that way to contain them. If not, oh well the flower is absolutely amazing!! Here are some pictures of my new Passion Vine ( Passiflora incarnata ) or Passion Flower is another name it is referred to.
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