Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Searching for a vine, 1 by HSteacher

HSteacher wrote:
Passiflora Incense, Ceaurella (spell?) and Lady Margeret will bloom just fine with some shade. I have them planted in huge pots on my back porch (dirt floor). They are protected from frost during the winter, but I cut them back severely so that I can attach the greenhouse plastic. They start growing and blooming earlier than the ones that I have in the ground (not protected).

I second the Gordo's motion about Thunbergia Grandiflora. It starts blooming a little later, but blooms its heart out until first frost. And the blooms are HUGE! Very easily propagated via cuttings

The Lavender trumpet is gorgeous in early spring, but it does not bloom for very long. I have never seen any seed pods on it, but I should start looking for them this year. It tends to root itself wherever it touches the ground.

To get an idea of the size of Thunbergia Grandiflora blooms, I am enclosing a picture of the blooms on my chain link fence.