Texas Gardening: Rangoon creeper or other suggestions?, 0 by dmj1218

dmj1218 wrote:
My rangoon creeper has bloomed like crazy for the last 7 years I've had it--it blooms solid from May to first freeze, every year, including the first year it was planted. Rangoon creepers bloom on new wood so you may as well cut it back to almost ground level in March (I cut mine back to 1.5 feet) and let it start over every year for maximum bloom. I never have to fertilize it or anything..I do have it in well draining, lush soil--but that's the same soil that's everywhere here. I mulch it heavily every winter and they need substantial support--mine will easily grow 40' every summer in all directions.

If I were to suddenly be told I could only keep one of my plants--it would be my rangoon creeper. There are no words that adequately describe the scent....it fills the entire back yard every summer for months on end.