Can anyone help to identify? Saw these this evening entwined amongst the pines adjacent a nearby conservation area.
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Lisa C THIS PLANT IS CALLED HUMMINGBIRD VINE (CAMPSIS RADICANS). IT IS A PERENNIAL. WHEN YOU BUY THEM FROM A NURSERY, THEY COME FAIRLY SMALL IN SIZE. BUT PLANTED IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, AND LIGHTING WILL GROW 6 FT IN THE 1ST YR.- 15-35 FT IN THE 3RD YR. AND CAN SPREAD 6 FT IN THE 1ST YEAR AND 6-15 FT IN THE 2ND YEAR.
AS FAR AS WHERE THEY CAN GROW, THEY CAN BECOME QUITE INVASIVE IF THEY ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF PROPERLY. DON'T LET THEM CLIMB AGAINST YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY WILL ATTACH THEMSELVES TO YOUR BRICKS OR SIDING AND CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS LATER! GIVING THEM SOMETHING LIKE A TRELLIS OR FENCE TO CLIMB ON WILL HELP THEM STAY FORMED AND NOT DAMAGE ANYTHING. IF YOU OCCASIONALLY TRIM/PINCH BACK VINES, YOU WILL ENSURE THICKER AND DENSE GROWTH. THEY ALSO LOOK NICE GROWING UP AGAINST A PERGOLA AND ON POSTS. THEY CAN BE PLANTED IN ANY TYPE OF SOIL FROM RICH TO CLAY! THEY WILL BLOOM FROM JULY THROUGH WELL INTO AUGUST IN MANY AREAS.
THEY LIKE TO HAVE DAMP SOIL BUT NOT TOO WET. FERTILIZE WITH A HIGH BLOOM FERTILIZER TWICE A MONTH. THEY DO PREFER FULL SUN AS FAR AS WHERE YOU PUT THEM. ONCE YOUR VINES TAKE OFF, YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY HUMMINBIRDS START SHOWING UP TO YOUR HOME! THEY LOVE THESE FLOWERS! YOU'LL HAVE A CURTAIN OF RED AND ORANGE BLOOMS FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS!
Be very careful to be sure that it actually is a trumpet vine.Here in Mississippi there is a vine very similar to that.It grows wild and is poisonous.It will cause a horrible rash.My mother called it a cow itch vine.She fell into a patch of it and it took months for the rash to heal.It was hard to find medication to help.
Trumpet vine is lovely, but eats the house. And fences. Gives ivy a good run for its money for invasiveness. I bought a house with it, they'd trimmed the vine that had attached itself to the wall, but the roots, even after 14 years, will pull the stucco off the walls if I detach them. It will have to happen someday, but not until I get rid of that plant. It has spread underneath the concrete driveway, & pops up thru cracks. I find new sprouts coming up 20 feet away. And this one isn't making seeds. They've taken Roundup off the market in Europe, & I hate to use it, but if any plant deserved it, its this one! And ligustrum....don't get me started there!
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I am growing mine in a pot, hoping to keep it under control,. And pruning, for shape and control. I have a nice metal support as well. I took trimmings from a huge plant about 40 feet long and rooted them last summer. Made more work for myself, as I know they will grow crazy next summer, but they are a coral color and I had a yellow. Wondering if the hummingbirds will land on the yellow as well.
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