I have a downspout that I have covered with chicken wire. It is on the southwest side of my house. If you stand by it you would swear that it gets direct sun but it is very filtered by very tall palm trees. Ferns grow like crazy...I pull them up but the basket full...so it is filtered light by their growth! I planted a black eyed susan vine and it did alright but only bloomed after it got to the top of the downspout! What kind of vine might like it there? And might make it through our long hot summers and hot summer nights? Of course I'd like something that would bloom. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Help choosing a vine!
Maybe the garlic vine? The only places I find it are Florida so you should not have any problems getting it.
http://www.rareflora.com/cydistaaec.htm
Or maybe Clematis? If you get filtered sun they should do fine.
Donna
I think clematis too. They like cool feet and hot tops and they are semi-okay in shade.
Three evergreen vines I can think of off the top of my head that like filtered light:
Senecio confusem -- you might have to tie it, though. Needs water to get established.
Pink Jasmine is a twiner and would work without tying.
Solanum (potato vine) comes in several different varieties and is also a twiner. Can get very thick and heavy, however.
We don't get as much heat and humidity as you do so I'm not sure about the Senecio but pretty sure the Jasmine and Solanum will work.
At one point I thought about trying clematis and did some research. I wrote to a fellow at his site...he had every kind imaginable...and told him my conditions in general. His answer was unless I was willing to totally absorb myself in this one plant night and day, try something else. So I got a bit gun shy about them and haven't even looked again.
I think clematis too. They like cool feet and hot tops ...come summer they will have nothing that is cool!
What did he mean "totally absorb"? As in care or as in covering your house? LOL
I don't think Clematis is ANY care, at least mine aren't and I am pretty similar to your weather. And if it is because it can grow big, nothing a trim would not take care of.
No, he was warning me off of it because of our humidity and hot nights...what do you think?
Well, I cannot say about the humidity, because we don't have it like you do, but the hot nights we do. I just do not see that it would be a problem to be honest with you. If it were me, I would run over to Lowes or Home Depot and buy a good sized vine this spring & plant it. That way it is already established. but that is just me. I have grown them & I find them to be too slow, that is why I would not waste my time on buying roots again.
Here is an informative little article on planting & tending them:
http://www.catkin.org/gardens/
I'm with you...deferred gratification was never my strong suit! Home Depot here I come! Thanks...I just needed that little push I guess...LOL
I am sure you will love it. But be sure and wait till they are blooming to see what color you like best. There are some beauties available.
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/2013/index.html
Coral Honeysuckle is a carefree, evergreen vine that is quite pretty, will easily climb up your chicken wire, likes it hot and will attract hummers and butterflies. I think you might like it...
Do you think I could grow honeysuckle in my conditions...no direct sun? It has such a lovely scent...
I have it growing up the posts on my three sided, wraparound porch. I also have it on a trellis on the 4th side of my house. The east side is completely shaded by a huge Live Oak Tree and it does equally well there as in the other areas. It just seems to be a very forgiving plant.
I tried a Coral Honeysuckle on a fence but I think two things happened...1 I didn't give it enough water at first, and 2, it was too much shade. But the downspout gets much more light. I looked in Wayside Gardens and they have a variety called "Serotina Florida". Says that it prefers partial shade! That's me...but it also says that it is a slow grower. I wonder what they mean by that? I shall call tomorrow and ask them. I wonder how it would do in the heat...either Coral or Serotina Florida...that's another problem. Not that it gets hotter here, but our nights are hot as well and the poor plants never get a rest with a cool evening...Calla bless her explained this to me. I'll let you know what they say. I tried Cypress vine a kind person sent to me but it just wasn't "thick" enough so I transplanted it to a small trellis.
I didn't think clematis were evergreen.......
Armandii and a few, very few are considerd evergreen only.