Picking a vine for my pergola.
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Ron T on Jun 09, 2013Silver Lace Vine is nice, fills in quickly and really draws in the butterflies. The downside is, it also draws in the bees. I don't recommend Wisteria as it is very very heavy and will, given time, pull your pergola down. Clematis is nice, given time. Honeysuckle is aggressive, and so is Trumpet vine.Helpful Reply
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Etta Whatley on Jun 09, 2013Help answer this question...Clematis or trailing roseHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 10, 2013Trumpet vine is definitely an aggressive grower, as Ron T says, but if you want to attract hummingbirds, there's probably not a better choice. I have vivid memories of the hummingbirds on my grandmother's trumpet vine, which sprawled over a clothesline at her farmhouse in Shelby County, not so far from you. I just planted the cultivar "Flava" on my pergola because of those memories, and because it is said to be somewhat more well-behaved than the common trumpet vine. An excellent butterfly plant would be dutchman's pipe, Aristolochia tomentosa, a Missouri native that is a host plant for the pipe vine swallowtail.Helpful Reply
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Wilma Fendrick on Jun 10, 2013I have considered all of these except the Wisteria. I would love to do the Silver Lace but I have a sister allergic to bees. Have any of you had experience with Crossvine?Helpful Reply
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Christy Hollier. on Jun 10, 2013what about Carolina jasmineHelpful Reply
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Wilma Fendrick on Jun 10, 2013Christy I will check on the Jasmine and see if it will work this far north.Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jun 11, 2013Yes, I have "Tangerine Beauty" crossvine on my pergola as well. I planted it in conjunction with the trumpet vine to have a longer season of blooms (the crossvine first, then the trumpet vine). I think it might be marginally hardy where you are.Helpful Reply
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