I need help. I bought an orange flowering vine at Cornelius recently. The flowers are about 1 1/2" across, bright intense orange, look similar to a carnation and smell wonderful. It is a vine that needs support and doesn't clasp or wind around the support, but must be tied up. I don't remember what it was. It's not blooming right now or I'd put in a picture. I think the name of it was Mexican something or other. Does this ring any bells for anyone? I'll add a pic when it blooms again. Oh, it's not any of the common cross vine, cardinal climber, trumpet vine, honeysuckle, etc.
Orange flowered vine???
Could it be this one? Mexican Flame vine; http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1329/index.html
Josephine.
I have the mexican flame vine. Love it!!!!!
Thanks, Josephine. I knew someone on here would know. I should know better than to ever remove a tag from a plant without entering it in my journal because my memory is long gone. That's exactly what it is and I absolutely love the smell of these blooms. I didn't know how well it would do here, but I loved the fragrance so much, I had to buy it when I saw it. Knolan, it's good to know you're having luck with this. How long have you had it?
About 4 months. I bought it in early March but didn't get it into the ground until late March. I've taken cuttings to share and they root extremely fast. It's just a wonderful plant. Mine is climbing a trellis and is about 4 1/2" high now. It was rather small when I first bought it.
I even had a hummer buzzing around it about 3 weeks ago.