Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Maid of Orleans as a house plant?, 0 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Silver.. Well... I was up in CT. visiting Logees awhile back [ Logees.com ] ... a lovely trip in the winters here.. below freezing outside.. and in their Greenhouses.. it's a steamy tropical paradise... lemons blooming.. and the Maids of Orleans were also blooming inside.. I bought two of them brought them back.. potted them up.. and I've 6-8 blooms on each one now... they are loving it inside with me here... they are under some grow light Flourescents.. and they are flying... if you give them enough light.. and away from heat vents..as was mentioned..and lieky A/C balsts..also they should do just fine.. I'm sure you'll enjoy how they do .. as trellises go.. just stringing them about.. when they get long..it should be OK.. some of my windows have fishline for the vines.. I've a stephanosis on one end that takes up all the edges of two windows..it must be 20' -25' long now.. or more.. and doesn't even all need to be on the inside of the windows.. just run around on the egdes is just fine for parts of it.. I bet they did loose maybe 3 or 4 leaves on the long vine on moving them inside.. what a trooper.. and fragerant also.. you might think of it for inside also.. also available from Logees.. I got mine a few years ago .. I have to bring it inside for the winter.. one spring it was doing so well I left it inside all year that year.. and it didn't mind at all... then it was outside last spring summer fall.. and back in as I mentioned.. and loving it here... where ever it is... it has my vote for the most cooperative sweet smelling flowering vine ..Pictured

This message was edited Feb 7, 2009 9:11 PM