I am in search of some Silverlace Vine cuttings for my niece's wedding this fall. Does anyone have any cuttings I can root, or already rooted? The wedding is in Sept, and she wants this for her arbor that they will be married under. Can pay postage, or if there is anything in particular you need, please ask, and I can see if I may be able to come up with it for you.
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I grew this vine when I lived in Missouri. Depending on what you mean by 'this fall', it might not be in bloom - it's a summer bloomer.
Thanks for that info Kay! I was thinking that might be the case, but I am hoping that it will be blooming late this year, since I will be starting it this year. And if it isn't blooming, we will wire some purple and white flowers in too, lol! Did you like it? I'm hoping I can keep it alive and move it to my house and plant it somewhere, if she doesn't want to keep it. Would love to know how it did for you, although I am sure our growing season is way different :-)
I DID like it! I planted it on the north side of the house, mostly shady, and it grew huge in just one season!!!
They look wonderful! Am so glad they grow fast too! Now, if I can just some to get started!
I wonder if they will bloom later here, just because everything gets a later start? They really look pretty!
I don't know, but it makes sense to me! As an alternative, why not plant sweet autumn clematis - it grows fast and looks lovely - blooms later, too. Also, sweet a.c. will hold its blooms, whereas silver lace vine sheds its flowers easily.
I'm trying that too Kay, but so far am not having much luck at the seeds I received, lol! I want those for my yard, but just haven't been able to get them to take off from seeds, so apparently I'm not good with sprouting those. I love sweet A C, and am going to keep trying, as I still have some seeds. It's becoming a real challenge now, lol!
Have you thought about native honeysuckle? It blooms nearly all year and smells SO GOOD. You should be able to find that growing in any wooded area.
I have a couple of honeysuckle growing here, and the one only blooms in the spring, and the other I will be transplanting this spring to another place. I have had it here for 3 years and it hasn't bloomed yet. It grows really good, but right before blooming every year, it gets weird, and the leaves and ends of all the branches wilt really bad. Don't know what the problem is with it. It has done that the last couple of years, so am going to put it in a different place and see if it come around. If not, it will go and I will find a replacement for it. I love honeysuckle for the fragrance, but haven't seen any ever in white. Are there any white varieties? (Niece needs white for her wedding, lol)
White Hyacinth Bean vines are quite lovely, fast and easy-to-grow: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59093/
Is the wedding taking place in WY? Are frosts/freezes possible at that time?
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Trying to get some purple hyacinth vines going for it too, as purple is the other color. The wedding will actually be taken place in South Dakota, about 35 miles from here, and yep, frosts, freezes, snow, are all possible, lol! So they want an outdoor wedding, and we are all hoping for nice weather! But, you never know here that time of year, so they are looking for an alternative place, just in case, teeheehee!
Gotcha! Best of luck to you and the bride & groom. If you decide you can use the white hyacinth beans, I have a small amount of seed I'd be glad to send you.
Thanks Nifty!
Are the white ones fragrant like the purple? I didn't realise there was a white variety too! How nice! Do they have green seed pods then, and just the blossoms white? Do they grow as fast as the purple ones? And do they bloom late? I'd love to try them too! Even if she doesn't want them, I'd love to try them! Trying to screen out my neighbor's storage piles, lol! and would love them on the fence between us! Can I send you postage or anything for them?
you could try artificial lighting to keep it in bloom through out the winter. i call it suspended animation and keep all my tropicals like this. you would need 2700K light spectrum for flowering (basically ever bulb on the market (soft white)) @ 16-18 hrs a day. bring it inside to keep the temperature constant. home depot has huge cfls that cost 15 bux a piece and put out 6000 lumens or you can just buy a t5 grow light on ebay for 50 bux which will spend less money on energy and give you more lumens. just remember the higher the lumen out put of the bulb the better (brighter/more like summer). Aim for at least 10,000 lumens. Also good to note: if you want good vegetative growth you need the light spectrum at 6500K. some bulbs call this day light or natural but most with that label are at 5000K and you really want your light between 6000 and 7000K so read the box its listed some where.
Michael
Great info to have, Michael! Thanks!