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trumpet vine (post #11752)

SarahC on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 04:02
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I have a great gardening friend who has an empty arbor. It has been empty for the past couple of years, while she decides what to plant on it. She doesn't like roses much and she isn't sure about clematis, so she has decided on --- TRUMPET VINE !

OK, so here's the question. She is looking for "the other kind" the kind that only grows 50 feet a year instead of 150. Does anyone know which kind this would be?

And, she says she doesn't want to spend the $25. that Hollandia, a local nursery, is charging but I think she hasn't mail-ordered a lot of plants so she is wondering about options.

Anyone have a rooted cutting of this stuff that you are willing to share? From reading past postings, I figured some of you would send her the entire vine if you could!

 


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by jeana in reply to SarahC [original] on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 16:23

I'd be afraid of Homeland Security showing up on the doorstep of the sender.

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by AnnL in reply to SarahC [original] on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 17:13

I have a non-invasive honey-suckle (not fragrant) vine that Karen W sent up several years ago (maybe 5 or 6??).  It's actually sprawled across my patio now, as it knocked over the drain pipe that it has been climbing up.  I don't have the heart to cut it back until after it blooms and it's kind of neat to see the hummingbirds coming to it like that.  Anyway, it's only about 10' tall, but very full.  So, it might work for your friend's arbor.  In fact, I migh end up moving this to my arbor.  Maybe Karen will come along and let us know the specific variety name.  :-)

Ann
"The elders were wise.  They knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; they knew that lack of respect for growing, living things, soon led to lack of respect for humans, too."  Chief Luther Standing Bear, Lakota Sioux

Ann
"The elders were wise.  They knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; they knew that lack of respect for growing, living things, soon led to lack of respect for humans, too."  Chief Luther Standing Bear, Lakota Sioux

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by Karen in reply to Anonymous [original] on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 18:40

And voila! Here I am. That would be Lonicera x heckrottii (aka Goldflame honeysuckle).

North Carolina - zone 7

North Carolina - zone 7

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by BeeJay in reply to SarahC [original] on Sun, 06/15/2008 - 03:59

I Hollandia has this paragon of a trumpet creeper she can get the species name from them.  She can tell them that she wants to research it to see if it is suitable for her location.  Hollandia employees can be very knowledgable.


BJ


Gardening, cooking and woodworking in South'n Murlyn'
Gardening, cooking and woodworking in South'n Murlyn'