Silver Dichondra, Silver Pony-foot, Kidneyweed, Silver Nickel Vine and Aluminum Vine (Dichondra argentea)
Available cultivars which have the same growth habit: 'Silver Falls' (silver white leaves and stems - I have this one and love it); 'Emerald Falls' (deep green leaves)
'Silver Falls' cultivar can be seen at its entry in the PlantFiles (some images posted here are not photos of 'Silver Falls'):
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/56847/index.html
Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines )
Virginia Creeper, Woodbine, American ivy, Fiveleaved ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Vitaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, deciduous
blooms late spring to early summer, sucker pads at the ends of branched tendrils, listed as invasive weed in many areas, can cause severe skin irritation
It natively inhabits the eastern half of Texas and has five-leaf clusters. It should not be confused with poison ivy which has 3 leaves. The shiny green foliage turns a brilliant red in the fall. It will grow in sun, shade or any other light situation. It is sometimes supported by aerial rootlets, but usually by tendrils having adhesive discs and it will crawl over a tree stump or a rock, climb a fence or trail along the ground in open woodlands and at the forest edge. The birds will eat the bluish-black berries in the winter suspected of being poisonous to young children.
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles (note all of the negative ratings):
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1695/index.html
Texas Wisteria, American Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria, Woody Wisteria, Kidney-bean Tree, (Wisteria frutescens), Papilionaceae Family, Texas native, deciduous, vine/large shrub, blooms in spring, summer (fragrant)
Texas wisteria grows in part shade to full sun in moist woods and along the edges of swamps in East and Southeast Texas. Although many sites state that it prefers acidic soil but is adaptable, I have found that it shows signs of chlorosis in non-acidic soil and the foliage appears "anemic" due to its inablilty to absorb enough iron. Unlike the Asian species, it blooms after the leaves have appeared and it is less agressive. It has compund shiny, dark green leaves. Because it can grow quite large and is heavy, it requires substantial support in order to grow upward. Blooms may be purple, lilac or bluish-purple.
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1351/index.html
One half of an arbor covered with wisteria. Look closely and you can see a few of the seed pods. Photo taken in October)
Texas Wisteria, American Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria, Woody Wisteria, Kidney-bean Tree, (Wisteria frutescens)
The leaves are starting to turn color (October) and the long seed pods are very attracive. They turn color from green to golden to brown. The ripe pods twist and burst open with a loud bang and the seeds are dispersed.
WOW, Frostweed!!! Your cross vine is AMAZING! So full of blooms! I have 'Tangering Beauty' all across my backyard, newly planted this season, and have a few blooms. How can I get mine to look like yours next year???
=) MKJ in Trophy Club
Thank you MKjones, Give it a little time and it will reward you also, mine is 6 years old, and it is amazing, I love the Crossvine too. They seem to get better every year. Josephine.
Hi, I'm new to all this and not quite sure where to ask for plant help! I visited SA back in the Spring and discoverd a beautiful blooming vine at the SA Zoo. Obsessed, when I got back to GEORGIA, I went on-line to find and purchase one--a Mexican Flame Vine. It bore one cluster of blooms very early on, the vine is growing and looks healthy, but no blooms. Sorry if I'm in the wrong place, but can anyone help or tell me where to go for help? thanks
You know, just recently someone had some up for trade on the Plant Trading Forum........you might check as to who the poster was, and Dmail them. I would imagine if they can propagate them, they can make them thrive! ;-)
Thanks!----I'll try that.
Josephine asked me to see if I could help with the MFVine... but.... I also was obsessed when I saw this last summer. I have planted two of them, but they have not gotten very big, and no flowers at all. I had one little flower early, like you say, but nothing ever since.....
I also love them, but cannot yet tell you what the best luck is with them. I think that I might know someone that can help, so let me dmail her and see if she can help us!
Melanie
Thanks Mel, for trying, you are so sweet. Josephine.
Thank you Melanie. I haven't yet gotten a reply from the trading forum person. I'm thinking I may have the "foot" of mine in too much shade. It's intertwined with mandevilla and corkscrew vine. I also have it in a pot because I'm in Z8 and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't survive the winter-----was going to try and overwinter!!! I save everthing!! But I appreciate your help and will just keep watching!
Oh, you made me chuckle, Bugz....."intertwined w/mandevilla & corkscrew vine." Isn't that the truth??? I have corkscrew, lablab, trumpet vine, thunbergia, Carolina jessamine and clematis all intertwined into a big, um, glob? My husband was just saying last night, "I don't really know WHAT you've got going there........"
Ah, no vision.........;-)
Really.....................I'd like to have my husband and a "man-de-fleurs"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My trellis sits on a walkway that leads to my back door. He's like a bull in a china shop (altho, a pretty sweet guy) and I truly expect to walk out one morning and see them all murdered!
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba), Convolvulaceae Family, annual
This is a photo of one day old seed leaves which are huge. The seeds sprouted 4 days after I planted them in the ground at the first of June. They were soaked for 24 hours before planting them.
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)
The first huge bloom bud almost ready to open ...
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)
The bloom bud has opened a few hours later. The bloom is over 5.5 iches across and is not fully opened yet. It is very fragrant.
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)
The bloom after it closes is still quite interesting.
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)
The bloom sepals add interest ... oops ... the photo didn't upload
I'll try again.
This message was edited Aug 13, 2005 9:42 AM
Beach Morning Glory, Mile a Minute Vine, RR Track Vine(Ipomoea imperati)
Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea alba)
The bloom sepals add interest ...
Scarlet-fruit passion flower; Corona de Cristo Running Pop, Love-In-A-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida), Passifloraceae Family, native and introduced, blooms late spring to early fall
This native plant has lovely small blooms. It is considered a "weed" by many people.
For information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1194/index.html
The bloom ...
Scarlet-fruit passion flower; Corona de Cristo Running Pop, Love-In-A-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida)
Unripe fruit ...
Scarlet-fruit passion flower; Corona de Cristo Running Pop, Love-In-A-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower (Passiflora foetida)
Ripening fruit ...
Alamo Vine (Merremia dissecta), Convolvulaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, vine/subshrub, blooms mid-spring to mid-fall
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53476/index.html
The bloom ...
Alamo Vine (Merremia dissecta)
The leaves ...
Alamo Vine (Merremia dissecta)
The large seedpod (seed pod) as seen from the back ...
Alamo Vine (Merremia dissecta)
The large seedpod (seed pod) as senn from the side ...
Alamo Vine (Merremia dissecta)
A bloom bud ...
Texas Globeberry, Balsam Gourd, balsamapple, Snake-Apple, Rio Grande Globeberry, Balsam Apple, Hierba de Vibora (Viper's Herb) (Ibervillea lindheimerii), Cucurbitaceae Family, Texas native, uncommon, perennial, deciduous, blooms April through July
In Texas it is uncommon and usually found in South Central Texas (most frequently in the Edwards Plateau region) and northward to southern Oklahoma and westward into New Mexico. It thrives on rocky hills and draws, fencerows, dry woods or thickets, brushland and occasionally in open, rocky soil. Not too picky about what type of soil inwhich it will grow, it can be found growing in sandy, sandy loam, medium loam, clay loam, clay and saline soils.
From April through July, balsam gourd produces 5 to 8 staminate blooms per raceme. The yellow, 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, short -tubed, 5-lobed blooms are salverform (have corollas with the outer edges spreading out flat) to tubular. The 1 to 2 inches in diameter, smooth, unedible fruit start appearing in August through October; look like small round, striped watermelons when young and turn an orangish-red to bright red when mature. The ripe fruit have soft fleshy skin. It has a slightly sweet smell, the 6 mm long seeds are covered in a fleshy gel. The seeds are eaten by scaled quail, and the leaves are occasionally eaten by white tailed deer.
This vine puts on quite a show when the fruit turn red. They are highly conspicuous and look like red Christmas ornaments. It would make a great vine in a shady area of a rock garden, xeriscape or perennial bed growing on a support of some kind, up a tree or along a fence.
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/912/index.html
The immature and mature fruit ...
Texas Globeberry, Balsam Gourd, balsamapple, Snake-Apple, Rio Grande Globeberry, Balsam Apple, Hierba de Vibora (Viper's Herb) (Ibervillea lindheimerii)
The fruit appears more red in shady areas ...
Texas Globeberry, Balsam Gourd, balsamapple, Snake-Apple, Rio Grande Globeberry, Balsam Apple, Hierba de Vibora (Viper's Herb) (Ibervillea lindheimerii)
The immature fruit ...
Texas Globeberry, Balsam Gourd, balsamapple, Snake-Apple, Rio Grande Globeberry, Balsam Apple, Hierba de Vibora (Viper's Herb) (Ibervillea lindheimerii)
Balsam gourd has long tendrils as shown here ...
Texas Globeberry, Balsam Gourd, balsamapple, Snake-Apple, Rio Grande Globeberry, Balsam Apple, Hierba de Vibora (Viper's Herb) (Ibervillea lindheimerii)
The leaves may be 3- or 5-lobed or may have no lobes at all. They look like ivy when young, but usually increase in "lobeyness" as the plant matures.
Texas Bindweed (Convolvulus equitans), Convolvulaceae Family, Texas native, annual/perennial blooms in early spring through late fall
This is a variant of the Texas bindweed which does not have the purple/maroon throat. Its bloom is a very pale pink. Unfortunately it was destroyed right after I took the photo as the land was cleared in order to build an apartment complex. No seeds were on the plant or I would have gathered a few.
The bloom ...
Texas Bindweed (Convolvulus equitans), Convolvulaceae Family, Texas native, annual/perennial blooms in early spring through late fall
The leaf ... (Texas bindweed leaves can vary in shape and are eaten by whitetail deer)
Red Crossvine--Binonia capreolata.
Blooming on the 4th of July--how nice.
Climbing Milkweed vine, Bearded Swallow-wort, Thicket Threadvine (Cynanchum barbigerum), Asclepiadaceae Family, endemicTexas native, perennial, blooms March through early fall
This is a tightly twisting vine with no tendrils which grows to be about 6 feet long. Its fuzzy, sweet scented flowers are about 1/8"-1/4" wide and have bulbous tubes at their base. The smooth leaves are 1/2"-1 1/2" long. It can be found climbing on boulders, fences, over forbs, trees and shrubs in the South Texas Plains and Edwards Plateau regions of Texas as well as a few other areas in juniper shrublands shrubbery, at upper edge of wooded canyons, and on dry rocky limestone slopes. It oozes latex when injured as do other members of the milkweed family. It is the host plant for the Variegated Fritillary butterfly.
Native distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefips=48&symbol=CYBA
For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/135446/index.html
The delicate, very small and fuzzy, sweet scented blooms ...
Climbing Milkweed Vine, Bearded Swallow-wort, Thicket Threadvine (Cynanchum barbigerum)
A view showing the bulbous tubes and showing that the flowers emerge from the leaf axils ..
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Climbing Milkweed Vine, Bearded Swallow-wort, Thicket Threadvine (Cynanchum barbigerum)
A view of its growth habit ...
