The hubs bought me a queens wreath vine a few years back and built me a super strong (or so it seemed) arbor to support it he even cemented it into the ground............ well the vine took it down a couple of weeks ago. Now we need a bigger badder Support idea, Im thinking maybe 3 6x6's somehow attached at the top, burried into the ground and cemented in? anyone have any pictures of Sturdy supports you've made or had made?
Hi Cindy,
sorry to hear your support didn't hold up. I am not so good with large plant supports, but this is the best advice i can offer. if you use pretty thick poles to make a new one, it might work. and to keep it from being taken down again, plant the poles very deep, and cement them well. anyway, thats what i would have done, i hope it helps. My dad is was a building engineer, and i learned a couple of things from him, but i am NOT an expert!!
take care,
isaac
Thanks Isaac!
Thats exactly what we are planning to do, I just told hubs it really doesnt matter what the support looks like. The vine is going to cover it up anyway, and when she is in bloom that is all people see in our yard!!
My husband builds and does everything Over kill, we just had no idea this vine was going to be the monster that it became. I felt so bad that he had to cut up that pretty arbor and throw it away.
I grow Petreaup in a tree.
oh I bet thats pretty on the tree!
I've got one sitting in a pot waiting to be planted when we get the hardscape done in that area. It will have a 15' high rock wall to hang out on :)
oh I look forward to pictures of that! its going to be gorgeous!!
Hi CindyLynne!
When I was told by friends from Daves Garden that the plant I posted is an invasive pink trumpet vine (lower left ), I had a supporting structure built for it. As you can see in the picture, it is still in the process of being completed. The posts are made of rustic cement, formed to look like trunks of trees especially when painted. They are well -rooted to the ground and reinforced with steel bars. The top structure still has to be made.
I hope the vine would hold on to the posts and grow vigorously on top to provide shade. Just to make sure that I get the shade I want, I also intend to plant that Rangoon Creeper that you can see on the lower right side of the picture.The inside is spacious enough to have a couple of native hammocks for anyone to just chill-out while reading a book.
Odette
WOW!~ that is awesome what a great idea with the cement tree trunks oh to hang out in a hammock under a beautiful flowering vine, sounds so devine!
Now where is that pool boy with my pina colada?! ;o)
Thats so beautiful, Odette!
I wish i had room in my yard for something similar...
isaac
Thanks, Dutchlady and Isaac,
I will post a picture when the structure is completed...and I hope it will do justice to your very encouraging remarks! :)
Odette
Hi CindyLynne, Dutchlady and Isaac!
I did say that I will be posting a picture of that arbor that I posted last January.
Well, something crazy happened with the original design. :) Because I did not want the "invasive" pink trumpet vine on the left side of the arbor to invade the turf of the rangoon creeper on the right, and vice versa, ( having learned my lesson from my morning glory experience!), I whimsically arranged for an improvised "tree house" to be built in between, like a Berlin Wall! So much time was spent on building it that the arbor, which is the main project, has not been completed as you can see in the picture.
This is going to be one hilarious, crazy arbor ! :)
That is SO cool!
That tree house looks great. I'd like one near my dam, but probably the termites would be the first to occupy it.
That looks like an Arundina bambusifolia to the right hand side of the ladder. I have a small plant of those. Hoping it will get as big as yours soon.
Gosh, Dutchlady, you're predicting another nightmare.
Well, should the two vines meet, I wish they would just agree on a truce and remain on their respective turfs! :)
Will give you an update.
Thanks!
THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That really is awesome, great job!
Metro Dave, what kind of tree is yours growing on? I have a petrea in a pot that made it through this horrible winter we have just had and I would like to get it in the ground. I have Palmettos in full sun and Live Oaks and Pines in partial sun or shade. Which do you think would work best?
Hi Ardesia!
I'm growing Petrea on an 'Ohi'a tree (Metrosideros). Anything that has branches for the plant to grab onto should work.
Thanks Dave. My poor little Ohi'a seedlings did not make it through this nasty winter. Guess I'll have to find another tree. I take it these vines do not mind some shade????
Just to put closure on that arbor cum tree house, here's the latest...the placement of the garden tiles for the flooring is in progress... and then, I just have to wait for the 2 vines to compete on which one will cover its side of the arbor first....and see whether they would get into each other's turf again!
I guess my boys beat the vines in occupancy!
Looking really good balaitalisai, nice looking boys too!
Great work!
Did the young men help?
Thanks for the encouragement, Braveheartsmom and Metrosideros.
No, my boys didn't help. I'm afraid their interests are more in ipods, music, computers, boracay beach , gourmet food and girls. But it's their idea to have that tree house...and after experiencing the wind lulling them to sleep in that sole hammock , amidst the fragrance of the champaca trees surrounding the property, they want more and more tree houses built for their friends! There goes my master plan for this property.
On a different note, Metrosideros, I've been wanting to ask if you are the Dave in Daves Garden. I noticed that Ardesia called you Metrodave, so, are you? Just out of curiosity. :)
Hi Balaitalisai!
I'm Dave from Puna, Hawai'i.
Dave Whitinger, the creator of Dave's Garden, is from Jacksonville, Texas.
Oh, I see. Thanks for the info.
Is that to-die-for waterfall part of your garden?
Wow!
The 1st waterfall is in a gulch in Onomea.
Here is one at Honoli'i.
Trying the photo again.
This is at Kolekole.
Beautiful pics Dave! I always get a chuckle when you folks complain about drought in Hawaii. I spent a week on the big island a few years ago, and was amazed at all the waterfalls. Here in So. Ca. our annual rainfall is under 13 inches! Of course, we pipe in Colorado river water from 200 miles away. Guess you don't have that option! LOL!
Those waterfalls are MEGA WOW! Next time I vacation in Hawaii, I'd make it a point to go to those places...unless, it would mean trekking in deep and creepy dark forests!
Thanks for sharing!
The waterfall pics are gorgeous - now that's Hawaii!
Occarol, not all of Hawaii is so blessed with rain. I live in Kihei and we have around 13 inches a year too - in a good year! Our rainfall is low due to the fact we live in the "rain shadow" of Mt Haleakala, so we are usually warm (read hot, according to windward-side folk) and dry.
Jenn
I did notice when we left Hilo, and went to the other side of the island, the terrain looked much like so. Ca. That being said, I would still rather be there than here.LOL
The windward sides of Hawai'i are in good shape as far as water goes.
Some leeward areas are suffering from extreme drought.
Tree House Update
This is how my tree house looks now...the two climbing vines on opposite sides of the tree house have done their jobs..the left vine is the passion flowering vine ( though partly covered by the Golden shower tree), , while the right vine is the rangoon creeper, both blooming now, as shown in the following posts..
Balaitalisai
Here's a close up of the passion flowers from the left vine
....and here is the close-up of the rangoon creepers on the right side of the arbor...
