OK, I've done my homework and I know I want Trumpet Vines. I have about 150' of 6'chain link fence to cover and Trumpet Vines are very pretty and grow well in my area without a lot of fuss and water. But I can only find red ones. I would like to get all the different colors I can, but I have very little to trade in the way of plants. I can pay postage for a cutting, and I also make wonderful applesauce and grape jam from our own fruit. Any takers?
Trumpet Vines
I have the old fashioned orange one. Let me check in the next few days and see if I can get one dug up. I'd want to hold it a bit to make sure it would live. We have a lot of company coming for about a week, so email me to make sure I haven't forgotten. Postage would be fine with me. We have our own orchard and many grape vines with bushels of grapes coming on them this year.
Shirley
I have the orange, too. I noticed that I have a good size runner that came up in my new hosta bed. It has too go. If you want it its yours for postage. I also have Sweet Autumn Clematis, that covers chainlink very well up and beyond the 6ft. I have the sw.autumn on a 6x12 chainlink fencing and it covers it in one summer. Very aromatic blooms in the fall and a fast grower. Their yours, let me know.
I dug up a couple of runners with roots and potted them a couple of days ago and they are still wilted looking.
UG, you need to go to the Propagation Forum & ck out Jules_Jewel's thread about 'Campsis Grandiflora' (think I spelled that right). She has the red.
You might could sweet talk her into trying her Majic again!
:~)
Sorry, Brugie. Didn't mean to step on your 'runners'. We must have been typing @ the same time.
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No problem....that happens every once in a while. :-)
Do these come back every year? the trumpet vine?
thanks
TLC
Oh yes. Some of the older ones come back more than you would like, but the lawn mower takes care of most of the sprouts. I'm getting ready to use Roundup on a patch of them behind the garage.
Brugie, you said you have the old fashioned orange one. Are you talking about the campsis 'grandiflora' or the 'radicans'? I have the grandiflora, but it also seems to be an orange color in my eyes. I'm not sure what the red one is as Smockette has mentioned. Could y'all look at this picture and tell me? It has yellow streaks in the throat of the bloom.
UtahGardener, I'd be happy to send you some rooted cuttings in a couple of months if what I have is different from the one Brugie will be sending you. JLMK.
Here's a link to the thread Smockette mentioned: http://davesgarden.com/t/376952/
Jules, I'm not sure I'll be sending anything. It is so hot here that nothing is wanting to stand up and be happy right now. I'll try to check mine tonight and look closely at the bloom or carry my camera with me. Be back later..........
I looked on Wayside Garden's website and found this:
http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10067&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=46123&FromTextSearch=campsis
I think that's what I have! I definitely have those yellow stripes too, just not quite that bright.
Can you believe they want $27.95 for a 1 gallon plant?
OK, I just have to show y'all this. I just took this picture of the vine from where I got my cuttings from ... Check out the number of blooms starting on only 1, I repeat, only 1 branch of this vine! It's insane ... LOL
Here is a picture I took of the inside of mine. Tell me what I have here. Sorry it isn't centered and it is a bit fuzzy. I must have moved when I hit the button. It is too hot to go back outside for another picture.
Jules, that is amazing. I've never in my life seen so many buds so close together. It must have ideal growing conditions.
Here is one that I am growing. I don't remember where I bought it from though. It was either HD,lowes or walmart. It was purchased last year and is just coming into bloom. We do have the wild orange variety blooming all over the place here but this one is not like that. As you can see the flowers on this one are all cream colored. I also grow one that I did get from HD that is the bignonia type and it has scarlet red flowers on it. That one is not blooming at the moment though.
Sorry the pic is not that great but you can get an idea of what the flower looks like.
If anyone would like a cutting of this one just email me and i'll see what I can do. I've never tried to root these before but I think from the looks of all of the nubs along the vine it should be easy.
Wow, I guess the discussion got interesting while I was out. I'll be out next week also, but keep the comments coming. At this point, if it's not red, and you can send it, I'll take it. Just let me know how much it will be to send it to me and I'll tell you if my budget can still handle it. Yours are all so pretty and I can't wait to start. I found another place on this site that said you could root perriwinkle, which is really pretty and grows like a weed here,too, and I'll put it at the base along the fence. I'm afraid, though I love Clematis very much, the 100 degree days make it almost impossible to get one to thrive. I think I'm killing two as we speak.
Utah,
I think $4 just to cover the postage should do it.That's the minimum for priority. You can just send me your addy and a postal service money order and once i've gotten that i'll send you several cuttings of the cream trumpet vine. I'll send you my home address through your daves email.
UG, ever hear of Pink Trumpet vine? I planted 1gal in the corner of my fence & it has 10+' runners on it. My roomy wanted to know how big it gets b/c he is afraid the HOA is going to send us a letter about it being so big & going over the 6' fence. But it is blooming @ every end!
Actually, it is a Podranea. Click on the link below. Mine, I think, is a little brighter than the pink in the link. Want to trade?I don't have red.
I can also go cut you some of the original orange if you want some of that, too.
I was watching some yellow on eBay but that gal was proud of hers. She wanted $4 just for seed plus postage.
I would like some of Catsmeow's cream too but need to wait til I buy me a house so I can put it in the ground instead of a pot, like everything else I have.
http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/198500395.html
LMK
smockette,
I'll swap you some cuttings of my cream for cuttings of your pink.I think i'm going to use some saran wrap and spaghnum mosss wrapped around the joints that have the little nubby roots and once I see new roots i'll cut them from the mother plant. These cream flowers are really pretty. They have no other color in them,just cream through and through. It's very winter hardy here so it should be in Texas also. If interested in doing a swap just let me know.
David
Catsmeow and smockette, I'll be happy to send $4 for cuttings. If you have a Paypal account, it's even easier. Your vines sound lovely and I have a VERY long fence. I want to mix the trumpet vines with other vines and I'm going to put perriwinkle at the base.
Brugie, from what I can tell, it looks like you have the Campsis Radicans trumpet vine, not the grandiflora. Hope your runners are doing ok in this heat.
Trumpets seem to love the heat. What I want to know is how to get rid of them. I have a patch of them behind the garage and they come up all over the yard. I tried to kill one out with a very potent brush killer and it killed the main one, but all the runners still came up. I mow them off and that stops them, but the next year, here they come again.
I see many, many blooms and buds on your trumpet vines. I have a yard full of Trumpets, but right now blooms are sparce. Are there any special fertilizers used or special care? I moved in a couple of months ago so don't know how they did in the past. Maybe they will improve? I would love to hear from some of you on this.
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All that I can say is that you guys are really lucky! I had two vines on the barn about 4 years old and they never did bloom, and last winter we had no snow cover whatsoever until late Jan. and I lost them both!! I started some from seeds, but I don't know if I'll ever see them bloom! They died back to the ground every year here in Wisconsin! Legit
Here's a thread I started and kept going for awhile describing how I propagated a cutting and then near the end of the thread, I mentioned that I used a mixture of Miracle Grow and Epsom Salts which I think helped in the blooming.
http://davesgarden.com/t/376952/
I believe the variety also matters if you want really incredible blooms. I have this variety, shown on Wayside's website. http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10067&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=46123&FromTextSearch=campsis
For great blooming trumpet vines, make sure you're in the right zone for the variety you are growing too. The one I have is for zones 6-9. They love lots of sun and lots of heat.
Hope that answers your question and helps!
Trumpet vines bloom on new growth. Each spring I cut all the branches back to the first or second leaf node. This way I get loads of flowers. I also cut off all the seedpods as they form so the plant will keep on blooming. In the yard next door to me is a HUGE trumpet vine that nobody does anything to, and it has very few blooms. My vine is close to 15 years old and I have never fertilized it. I wonder what it would do if I did???!!!
Oh, NoH2O, that's good advice ... I'll have to remember that for my vines. Cutting off all the seed pods, of course, is also vital for continuing blooms.
If you look at the 12th post on this thread, you'll see the picture with an incredible number of buds on one branch of this vine. I just took another picture of it ... this vine is 7 years old and has been fertilized. Like I said ... it's insane! LOL
Oh my gosh, that is gorgeous. I knew from the first picture that it would be pretty, but this is unreal.
J_J that is gorgeous! What do you use to fertilize and do you foliar feed or ground feed?
One thing I have done with my trumpet vine is to shape it like a standard. It is growing up a chainlink fence. For years I have removed all branches coming out of the trunk below the fence top. Now it has a thick gnarled trunk and since I cut back the top hard every spring it has a nice rounded shape. It really is unusual and attractive shaped that way. Darn, I wish I had a camera!
Really, too bad you don't have a camera, I'd love to see that.
To answer your question, it was ground fertilized.
I root my yellow trumpet vine and my orange one by just fluffing up some soil in my flower bed, adding some sand to the soil, sticking the cuttings in and keeping them watered. They pout for a week or so, then take off. I don't know if it's the right way to do it, but it works for me!
Stop the presses!!!
I have started 19 qts of Desert Trumpet!
I followed J_J's lead & hope mine come out half as good as hers!
UG, CatsMeow, J_J, now is the time to be patient! I don't have a green thumb but I cut 2'-3' branches & stuck them in a gal of Miracle Gro water. Then I took them to the deck & cut them in 2"-5" cuttings(leaf prs are not same distance apart) & stuck those in some more MG water. Then made 3 holes in 2 flats of qts. Dipped @ cutting in Green Light Root Hormone & started filling the pots. Set flats next to house on morning sun side. Watered lightly & crossed my fingers.
So, if I have half the luck that J_J did, I should have enough for all of ya'll & some to take to the Central Tx RU. Hope, a hope, a hope!!!
I guess I have looked @ J_J's pixs @ least ten times to make sure I was doing it right. In fact, I printed out her thread! Can't be too careful when it comes to babies! :~)
J_J, I noticed that your 'leaf strip' was not very long or least not as long as my Desert Trumpet. You started yours in a covered lunch plate, right? Well, the 'leaf strip' on mine are all 4"+++. I even wondered about putting 3 in @ pot. So, when the sun was gone & no light on that side of the house, I only put 2 in some b/c it was too dark to cut some more pieces.
So, now we wait!
Oh, Smockette, Bless your heart! Sounds like you've done a great job with your cuttings. I sincerely hope they work for you ... because I KNOW how thrilled you'll be to see those new little roots, then the new growth, etc.
I wish I was more familiar with the Desert Trumpet, but if they're anything like my Campsis Grandiflora, they should root just as well. As I've mentioned, this was my first time doing this, so I'm not sure if it matters how long the 'leaf strips' are. But, yes, mine were approx. 1" each. You can see in the photo, I've marked in white where I cut them. Hopefully larger than that will work too. I just followed someone else's instructions too (which I posted). Putting 3 in a pot should be OK. If 1 out of 3 roots, you still have a plant.
I did start mine in a covered lunch plate, making sure they were covered all the time, but I opened the top everyday for an hour or so. It just got sooo steamy inside (I had the plate sitting on a propagation heating pad), and I was worried about the cuttings rotting away in there. I read somewhere that they need to be covered to keep in some degree of humidity (just not sure how much, lol). You see, they have no roots yet, so they must absorb the moisture from the air. At least until the roots form. So that's why I had it covered.
With your cuttings being outside, it may be easier OR harder to root your cuttings. I just don't know. For my first try, I had mine inside the house (approx. 75 degrees) and under grow lights. So, yours being outside at this time of year, you may not need the bottom heat, and then you'll need to be very careful how you cover it (but maybe you shouldn't?) and not BAKE them with that hot sun on them. Be careful whatever you do.
And lastly, out of about 10 (1") pieces of cuttings, I only got 4 to root. 2 of those are what I have blooming now. Another one I gave to a friend, and the 4th one ultimately didn't make it. So, it would be wise to make as many as you can, or at least start with at least 3 times the amount that you wish to have. This is a rule of thumb I have read many times from other members.
Well, I hope that answers your questions and helps! Please keep us 'interested folks' posted on how it turns out.
Smockette, are you propagating the Pink Trumpet Vine you mentioned earlier in this thread? The Podranea? If it is ... I'd love to trade with ya :P ... LOL
I am TRYING to propagate what we call 'Desert Trumpet', actually Podranea.
I am still @ work & have a motorcycle meeting @ 8 so I won't get home til about 10 but will have to go ck them out & tell them good nite.
It will be great to trade with you if any of them take root. But more important, if they don't I may have to just buy plants fr the Farm to take to RU. :~)
I'm trying to root a cutting of my cream colored vine for WillowWasp. I've never tried to root the trumpet but this is how i'm doing it. I just went to one of the joints that has the nubby things on it,you know the part that the plant uses to attach itself to things and I packed some wet spaghnum moss around it and then wrapped plastic wrap around that and sealed it with bread ties. I don't know if this is the right way to do it but I guess i'll know when and if I see new roots froming.
So willow your plant is in the process of rooting or attempting to do so and i'll let you know before I send it so you can expect it.
Bought this one this year:Campsis radicans
Campsis info from Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (an absolute must for all serious gardeners and a humorous read, great for winter).
Campsis radicans-Common Trumpetcreeper, 30-40 ft, zone 4 to 9, described by Dirr as rampant, strangling vine, at its best on fence posts, needs frequent pruning, GROWTH RATE: Fast, "keep your legs moving when in the vicinity of this plant", CULTURE: If you can't grow this, give up gardening, grows in any soil and also prospers in sidewalk cracks; extremely rampant in rich soil; best to prune back to a few buds in spring; I suspect if the developing fruits are removed the plant will flower even more heavily into late summer. CULTIVARS; 'Crimson Trumpet'-red without any trace of orange, 'Flava'-yellow, cultivated in 1842, easily rooted from cuttings. PROPAGATION; seeds germinate more uniformily when given 2 months at 41 degrees or fall sown; softwood cuttings (June-July) root readily and root cuttings work well; in fact it is hard to get rid of this plant because of its propensity to sucker from root pieces. RELATED SPECIES: Campsis grandiflora-Chinese Trumpetcreeper, 20-30 ft, zone 7 to 9, Campsis X tagliabuana 'Mme. Galen', hybrid of the above two, spectacular flower show, superior and hardier than C. grandiflora, zone 6 to 9.
Wow, thanks for that info! I found it very interesting. And I had a good laugh at the CULTURE part ... "If you can't grow this, give up gardening ..." hehehe