Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Black-Eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata), Acanthaceae Family, naturalized, perennial, blooms late spring through early fall with the most blooms in cooler weather, self-seeds prolifically

Texas distribution as a naturalized plant:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefip...

I attached black bird netting (black, little squares) all around the bottom part and 6 feet up the trunk of an oak tree by "hooking" it on the bark. The vines have been growing up it each year and the netting is almost unnoticeable. Although some of the leaves were damaged in some areas, the vines are still blooming after many nights of freezing weather. The ones growing along the ground at the base of a privacy fence have no freeze damage at all and are blooming like crazy. Nothing can compare in beauty to the cheerful blooms against deep green foliage and its rapid growth rate. I

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/248/

Vine as observed at the Kula Botanical Garden in Maui, Hawaii ...