Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Some fall flowers, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Popper, that vine is simply great! I cut and pasted the name into Plant Files and it came back with Strophanthus petersianus, but no picture and very little info. Is it the same plant?

Could you possibly give us a size reference i.e. how big is that leaf that is beside the flowers? Also how high has your vine climbed? Is it fragrant? Sun or part shade? I have festooned most of my fence space already, so need to know if I could squeeze it in before going ahead to look for one.

Lovely clero, too. I have the 'Shooting Star' clero but it has made one flower - well one cluster of about 5 - in the 4 years I've been growing it. Loses all its leaves in winter unless I cover it, and sends suckers all over the garden, too. Despite being cut back to under 3ft. this spring, as you see, it is over 10ft. tall now. My husband loves the foliage, but I am looking for something to replace it.