Hazel, could some of us volunteer to help you?
I am sad
Mary Lee, you have given me a much more optimistic attitude. Thanks.
frostweed, good to hear from you again. I think I may build 2 pergolas and plant some cypress vines among others.
maggiemoo, I think I will have it under control,. but thanks again for thr offer.
Okay, I understand. It could be even worse with a bunch of "helpful" gardeners crawling all over the place! :-)
htop, before you plant cypress vines, let me tell you what they told me at the Rose Emporium. I was there once and they had this wonderful beautiful vine in one of their display gardens. I asked someone if they had that for sale. They said, not any more. They used to sell it, but they started finding it coming up all over the place and taking over so they quite selling it. They told me it reseeds terribly. They advised me never to buy it.
I think you just have to be judical about where and how much you plant. I have planted cypress vine for a couple of years now, in a couple of different places - a different place each year, wherever there was a trellis or fence space that really needed filling in (and fast). It does re-seed, but I haven't had any problems pulling the seedlings, and they are very distinctive. I think it would have been more of a problem for me if I had planted them all over my yard. I actually moved some seedlings earlier this week from a spot where I don't want/need them anymore, to another spot. I just pulled them out of the ground and pretty much man-handled them before I plopped them, unceremoniously, into a shallow hole at the new site. Wasn't sure they would take that abuse, but they seem to be doing just fine. (I don't usually transplant seedlings that way, I just hadn't thought about transplanting them when I initially pulled them.) Hummingbirds love these flowers!! You can pretty much count on seeing them buzzing your garden if you have these blooming. :-)
Maggiemoo, I didn't mean to imply that I didn't want a bunch of great gardeners helping me you sillypoo. Thanks for the information about the cypress vine. Those seedlings must be tough little guys.
Mary Lee, thanks for the information about the cypress vine. Where I was going to plant them, I have to pull up wild morning glories all of the time that visit from the field behind me.
I discovered when the seedlings came up that what I thought was cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) turned out to be cardinal climber (Ipomoea x multifida). The seed packet did not include the scientific name. The flowers and leaves do not look as pretty and full as the cypress vine, but I will see how they do.
Just playin' with ya' Hazel! lol
One of the things I like about the cypress vine is that they look so dainty, whith their fine foliage, but they love the heat. The weather that you'd think will kill these things off, they like it better and better!