First bloom of the year. This vine does not even die back for the winter.
pandora vine
OH that is gorgeous!!! Was it hard to start from seed, or did you buy the plant, just curious :)
~ Laurrie
I bought the plant at Walmart last year for 3.88. It has grown well. It did not even die back over the winter and is just now starting to bloom again.
I love this vine. They get HUGE down here, and are just blooming now.
very nice plant and better price even!~
I grew my Pandorea jasminoides vine from seed. It took about a year and half to flower from sowing. I have some in the ground and some in containers. I even have a variegated one that I grew from seed.
Here is the somewhat variegated one:
I have an all white one too, but I had to cut it back severly this spring so I'm not sure I'll get flowers this year.
It looks really pretty when combined with Morning Glories.
Here's one growing next to a Blue Potato Bush Tree
Wow, Clare. I envy your zone. I am thrilled when some of my plants dont die back for winter.
they are gorgeous!
Mine dead the white one with maroon center from next door spray poison never grow back that so diappointed me. I told him not to spray to close by our fence again that I has roses right there so he said yes mam, he better be.
I hope ya'll are right about it not dying back...I got a lavender one from Wal-Mart this year to put on a trellis to hide the swing...it said it woudn't die back...what's the difference between the pandora vine & a bower vine?...they look alike to me but my bower vine died back when it was in full sun (it's pink) here...zone 8, south MS..........?
Aunttea, the lavender one is probably a different vine, called Clytostoma callistegioides. Pandorea jasminoides is either pink with a dark center or pure white. Pandorea jasminoides is called Bower Vine as a common name. There is a different related vine called Pandorea pandorana, also called Wonga Vine as a common name. They are in the same family but different-looking vines: http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/plants/Pandorea.pandorana.html
Mine gets killed to the ground each year, but so far it has returned..I always root me one, just in case..Mine is the varigated leaf..
Larkie
I got some of these up in the greenhouse and looking forward to watching them grow.
Oh no, another vine I just have to have. I'm going to Wal-mart. Beautiful pictures, Clare.
Clare_Ca Have you ever seen this! Passiflora Blue Horizon.Da Da!
The flowers are smaller 2 to 3in, but lots and lots.This image didn't load!
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Hi...
I inherited an old Pandorea jasminoides vine when my DW and I moved into our current home. We also enjoy it's flowers and handsome leaves. My only advice is to keep it pruned. It will not flower or leaf on wood much older than a couple years, so it pays to keep it cut back.
Also, while it is not quite as rampant a grower as Wisteria, given time, it will develop a similarly sturdy trunk. You could probably grow it into something like a tree form. Just be sure to choose a very sturdy support.
eje, thanks for the advice. I just cut mine back because it was growing out of control, but it is probably the wrong time of year to do this. When do you prune yours back?
Monterey, it is very pretty. It looks like a P. Caerulea hybrid.
I asked last fall at a local nursery and they suggested the typical domant season January/February pruning. Though, I don't think it matters that much, since it flowers on new growth. If you prune it in spring you are probably just delaying the bloom.
I have about 9 pretty thick trunks on my vine. I decided I would cut 3 of them back to within a couple feet of the ground this year. They have all sprouted new growth. I will cut 3 more next year and the last 3 the year after.
That's a beautiful vine rylaff! :D
eje, great pruning advice! Thank you:-)
By the way, I have a few trades of seeds I collected from my Pandorea jasminoides this spring if anyone is interested in it for trade or SASE. The flowers of the parent are pink like rylaff's first picture. Drop me an email if you are interested.
Beautiful Passiflora, Monterey!
New shot! how cold does that vine take ? I saw them at HD and Lowe's. They have Corkscrew vine too.
My caerulea does not die down in winter. It does dip occasionally below freezing here. The vine is up against the house, so it may be in a microclimate. Beautiful shot.
monterey...If you are asking about hardiness info for P. jasminoides, most web sites I see say USDA Zones 9 and 10 and Sunset Zones 16-27.