Total Tropical Vine Addict!

Total Tropical Vine Addict! Within the past year, from March 2008 to February 2009, I planted the following vines out in my garden: Thunbergia mysorensis, Allamanda cathartica, also the cherry red one, Clerodendrum thomsoniae, Mandevilla splendens, Thunbergia grandiflora, Senecio tamoides, Pyrostega venustus, Bougainvillea(2 pink, 2 red, and 1 white) cultivars, petrea volubilis, Trachelospernum jasminoides, and a red hoeysuckle that I'm not sure the name of...
All the vines are very young, and growing except the red bougainvilleas, which will probably have to be moved into full sun.
Fastest growers are the Senecio, from which l've taken successful cuttings, and the T.grandiflora., which is climbing through a Frangipani (Plumeria) tree. Is this good?
As a novice gardener, I'm going to need all the advice I can get. so all you experienced vine-lovers out there, please help!

Bougainvilleas definately need full sun. They also like to stay on the dry side and I don't fertilize mine as often as I do my other vines.

Allamandas and mandevillas should be watered before they completely dry out. I've found that Osmokote has worked well for my allamandas. They also need full sun.

You sure have a lot of vines; I'm afraid some of them I don't recognize so can't give much input, but someone should chime in.

Good Luck!

Patty

I had a Thunbergia grandiflora that went up its trellis and then continued its climb over the roof. It is a very large and vigorous twining vine. I would not want it climbing my plumeria. It freezes to the ground and returns in the spring. If it doesn't, whack it back or you will lose control. Full sun.

The Petrea volubilis (Queen's Wreath or Sandpaper vine) - evergreen - is more manageable. It is a woody twiner, with help, and I have it twining around a tree stump that is about 6 feet tall. I've had no problems with it, but it isn't very freeze tolerant - perhaps only into the low 30's Fahrenheit. Mine is in full sun. We've had several drops down to perhaps 30 degrees, but only briefly. I had cold damage to some of the more exposed leaves, but it is still healthy. I understand that a hard freeze may kill it, but I haven't had that experience.

I don't know your temperature range. Clerondendrum thomsoniae (bleeding heart vine) is a wonderful vine. I keep mine in a large pot and wheel it into the garage when the temps drop into the 30's. It is tropical and doesn't like the cold temps, and will drop its leaves. It can be taken into the house in the winter and is a wonderful, but large, house plant. Evergreen in that situation. Mine is too large, so into the garage it goes just to protect it. It looks a little scraggly in the spring, but returns to its glory quickly. Morning sun.

I sure hope you have a plan in mind for all these vines. They take up space.

Do you have any pictures?