While we were in Texas I was able to get some cuttings of the trumpet vine that grows ever where there. I got the cuttings to root. Now I need to know how large the roots should be before I put them in a pot for the winter.Now they are on a heating mat and I have a grow light on them.
Mickey in Arizona
Texas trumjpet vines
Curious why you chose cutting instead of just getting some rootstock as everyone likely has some they would love to give away ..I know for a fact i would let you dig up as much as you could ever want,,Like I said before I don't think there will be any "invasive" problem where you live and it is not always a problem here
If they got roots, stick them in a pot.
If I want to start a trumpet vine cutting I just start them in a pot of potting soil using a milk jug as a small greenhouse to keep humidity high to hold some leaves while it starts rooting. That is how I aquried my expansive warrior of a pretty flower.
Thank you for the tips. Traveling with ones husband makes it hard to do much plant hunting. I never thought of getting root stock. I'm also at the age if some one tells me something I often forget, I'm sorry. I also have Fibro and you get brain fog with it.
I'm happy that my cuttings rooted!
To see 20-30 foot trumpet vines was an incredible experience.
Regards,
Mickey
I loved my trumpet vines as they flourished up and over my wood fence.
But, oops, then they started getting bigger, crawling between the slats of my fence and splitting the wood.
Woody vines and wood fence = not a good combination..
I grew up in the deep south (Louisiana ) and as a kid we were warned that the trumpets were a form of poison oak as I grew older I thought that it was the real symbol of the south ..Imagine my shock upon learning that it was just another unwlcome alien LOL
Trumpet vine is not an alien, it is native to most states.
Here is a map that shows it's native range.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CARA2&mapType=nativity&photoID=cara2_001_avp.tif