Passion flower advice needed: Recently I saw on a garden program clematis grown in junipers, the junipers provide the climbing place and the clematis was happy as a lark. So, here's my thought, is is possible to grow passion vine in junipers? I have a bed of 15 ft crepe myrtles surrounded by tam junipers, 6 crepe myrtles, 14 junipers. A little color amount the junipers would be wonder. Just picking your brain.
Carolyn
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Hello Carolyn, I don't see why it wouldn't work, as long as the Passion flowers have soil they like and enough sun, they will grow just fine.
I don't know if the Junipers would have a detrimental effect on them, through some kind of chemical reaction, I have never grown Junipers, so I am not familiar with them.
My thinking is that if you have an idea, it is worth a try, you never know, you might come up with something wonderful and original.
I have Passion flower growing together with Crossvine and Carolina Snailseed vine and it does very well.
Josephine.
Today on our way home from church, this was out in the country... I saw some vines on the fences with bright red berries. The vines looked like snail vine. Could this be? The berries were SO BRIGHT! I might have to go back for a closer look!
melanie
Could be the Carolina snailseed:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1574/index.html
I think that you might be right! The red berries were very shocking! I loved them! I think that I have a vine starting near my backdoor, but it is only 12" tall, and I checked it closer to find a few little white/green berries on it... cute , cute!
Will this die back and come in the spring? I hope that mine returns!
mel
Yes it does come back, and the nice thing is that it doesn't really get goint untill after the Crossvine is done blooming so they work well together, Crossvine makes a show in the Spring, Snailseed the other one in the Fall, and Passionflower in the Summer.
A very nice combination.
Josephine.
OH good. Think I'll plant that passion vine on the junipers. Maybe I'll start a whole new trend. Those junipers were so boring, now they'll be spectacular. Have a wonder (wish it was Fall) day.
Carolyn
Hello you Four O'clock lovers, how about this gorgeous red?
Josephine,
Is that a true red? I've many shades of pink, but never red. The plant must look gorgeous.
Yes Veronica, this color just evolved, it is a very bright clear red, very beautiful.
I eill try to get you some seeds, they are winding down now, but I probably can find some.
Josephine.
Here is a picture of Stownes, Sharon, from Mansfield. She couldn't make it to the Swap and so she came to visit on Sunday and get some natives, we had a good time visiting and meeting each other.
Good to meet you Sharon! I know you enjoyed your time with Josephine and getting to see her fabulous garden! That was a great way to start your birthday (the next day.)
Here is a picture of some lovely Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, on the wildflower slope with Autumn sage, Salvia gregii, and Lantana horrida. Fall can be so beautiful!
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The Asters have opened!
Putple Aster, Symphyotricum oblongifolium,
with Heath Aster, Aster ericoides, that is the tiny white one,
and of course Goldenrod.
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And picture #4
Aren't they lovely?
Hello Everyone, I went to Vererans Parrk today and this is what one of the areas looked like, I thought you might like to see it. It looked beautiful.
Josephine.
What is the bright flowers everywhere? Stunning.. very stunning. Thank you Josephine!
Hello Mitch, the red flowers are Autumn Sage, Salvia gregii, and the blue are
Mealy Sage, Salvia farinacea, they really made a splash, I guess they have been watering that area, the rest of the park was really dry.
Josephine.
That really is such a nice park. It was so fun at the swap recently, I'll have to go again to just explore. Next time I have some time and money for the trip, it would be nice to get together for that.
Oh yeah, and didn't we talk about possibly going to the Ft Worth Botanical Gardens?
Josephine, is Coral Nymph Salvia a native? I've heard yes and no. I know it's a coccinea, which is native, but does that mean that all Salvia coccineas are native?
Hello Mary, I looked up Salvia coccinea, and yes that is a native,
the Salvia coccinea, Coral Nymph is probably a cultivar of the original, which would make it a native cultivar, I think.
Yes, it would be nice to get together without the pressure of having to carry plants back and forth.
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden had a wonderful Japanese garden within it, that should be very beautiful in the Spring.
Also their Rose gardens are very beautiful. We shall see.
Veterans Park is really neat, with its natural habitat look, it is quite large and there are a lot of trails to explore.
I wish you lived closer, so we could do things like that, more often.
Josephine.
Thanks Josephine the Autumn Sage I picked up at the swap is doing great and growing. Veterans Park is a wonderful place - I just wish they built a road up to the place we meet!
Mitch
Thank you Josephine, The 3 coral nymph salvias that maggie gave me are doing great in my "Native Garden". I thought they were but had never checked far enought to find out.
Thanks to maggiemoo for the plants !!
PS: I've got seeds from the h.cannibus for those who want some.
Hello Kipper2, nice to hear from you. I am glad to hear that you have native garden too.
The more the merrier.
I did get some of the hibiscus seeds from Hazel, but I am sure many people will want to have it, it is so beautiful. Thank you for offering it.
Josephine.
Another lovely picture of Salvia greggii at Veterans Park, blooming it's heart out.
Josephine
Just read your note on the pineapple sage posted October 12. All of mine finally bloomed also and it really attracts the yellow butterflies. I had a long long tax season that finally ended October 15 so I haven't been able to get to Dave's Garden the last several months. I also read you had trouble with the standing cypress. I bought several full grown ones in Kerrville and hope to harvest many seeds. I have several seedling growing about 3 inches high. Next time I see you, I'll have some seedlings for you. My frostweeds finally are blooming althought the plants are still only 4 to 54 inches tall.
jameso
Hello James, it is so nice to hear from you. Yes, that pineapple sage is a late bloomer, but the flowers are a very bright fuchia red, and they are lovely. When I repotted mine one branch broke off and I just stuck it in a pot, well, it took root and it is now blooming too.
So it looks like it is very easy to root.
Thank you for saving the seedlings of Standing Cypress, I dont know if you should give them to me, since as you know I don't do well with them, but I am willing to try again, hope springs eternal, or at least as long as I can move.
I am sure the Frostweed will get bigger for you next year, they usually increase in size as they mature.
Also the Butterfly flower you gave me is 5 feet tall and still blooming.
Thank you again, and please keep in touch more often.
Josephine.
A lovely example of Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum, in my neighborhood.
They are a great tree but hey need a lot of regular water.. right?
Hello Mitch, I would say they need no more than average, although I have seen them growing close to rivers and lakes quite happily.
So I guess they are adaptable.
I had been tempted by them several times but I was always thinking lots of water and well water is not something I have a ton of extra just here. Well one of them might find a home here one of these days.. Mitch
They do have one drawback, Mitch... in that they make "knuckles " on the surface around the tree when mature.... I think that this is their "searching for water" mechanism.... I love the trees... but find them better off in a park setting, not my yard!
melanie
I love the Bald Cypress trees! My town has quite a few of them around the city park and I would bet they don't get a lot of extra water. They are with some Crepe Myrtles and they don't require a lot. The thing I don't know that that I would like is the needles all over. The ones at the Japanese Gardens have big "knees" and they are beside the water. I heard Paul James talking about them the other day and I just barely caught it but heard him saying that they don't always grow "knees". The ones in town don't have "knees" and the only ones I've ever seen with "knees" were planted next to water.
...ok, just looked in Howard Garrett's "Plants for Texas" book and it says that the Bald Cypress grows "knees" in wet soil. That probably wouldn't happen in any of our yards.
I know that the ones around Sycamore School road, and French Lake off of Hulen do have knees... coincidentally, they have a higher water table in that area, so that could be the reason. Wedgewood area is know for that! So, as with anything else, habits do change when adapting to environments....
Thank you Mel and Paige, we learn something new everyday. I love the Bald Cypress too and I wish I had room for one in my yard, but as you know it is quite crowded already.
I have seen some humongous ones in San Antonio growing by the river.
Another lovely scene at Veterans Park.
Dont you love the Rock Rose in there.
Mitch, do you have a Rock Rose (Pavonia)? I can send you some seeds, or maybe even a small volunteer. I do love it!
I have several - thanks Maggie!! I have dumped seeds for them every chance I get. My wife loves the color and I just love how they bloom in the worse part of the heat.