i think this is some type of clematis. it is popping up all over the place! i don't know if it grows naturally here or if someone planted it once upon a time her before we were here. the flowers have a very very light scent that remind me of vanilla. the picture is the vine growing in my yellow bell bush.
one more pict. here it is growing in my iris and up the brick wall.
Wow love that vine!!!
my husband keeps pulling it up and tossing it but it comes back hehehehe. it has so many blooms!
I would not mind having that just pop up in my garden at all!!!
Looks like Sweet Autumn Clematis to me. It's all over the place here.
i think you are right. do you know if it grows wild in georgia?
kelly
Well, you could certainly say it grows like a weed. The wind disperses the seeds everywhere.
Sherry
It's DEFINITELY Sweet Autumn Clematis and it is VERY invasive, especially in our growing zones due to the heat combined with high humidity. It doesn't surprise me in the least that you are having problems with it reseeding all over your garden like a weed. I'm getting ready to spray mine with Round-up plus liquid fertilizer mixed together. It should be sprayed while the plant is actively growing.
Good Luck!
Sweet Autumn Clematis is very pretty, but like Shirley said, it is so invasive. I know I've dug up over two hundred that came up from mine and they're still coming up everywhere although I dug up the one I had two years ago. If you don't dig the roots out, it will continue to put back out. I have one that had climbed up to the top of a maple tree that came up from dropped seeds. I still have them growing everywhere that have came up from the original plant. These are so close to the roots of other plants that I didn't want to kill. I'll try to dig them out this fall when I'm not worried about the plants they're growing on.
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Wow that is invasive ahelms.
Right, Marie. LOL They're as invasive for me as the swamp Hibiscus that drops seeds and come up every year.
I wish I could say the same for me. I planted one this year but the gophers ate it before it even had a chance!! Of course even had it survived it probably would not be invasive under
the desert conditions I live in
have any picts. of your swamp hibiscus? i would love to see it.
kelly
I thought I had pulled all of my Sweet Autumn Clematis out of the ground this past spring. NOPE!!! It's back, stronger than ever and starting to bloom. I think it's one Clematis you can't kill!
I sprayed the SAC with the first application of Round-up plus liquid fertilizer mixed together. I figure it will need several more applications while it's still activing growing and the temperatures are above 60 degrees. I worst part is trying to get it out of the tree without destroying it and not getting cut by the Holly's prickers!
send it to me!!!! i need a vine!!! is it readily growing in shade also....or just in the sun?
sticks_n_stones: Be careful what you ask for! Mine is growing on the North side of my house in bright light, not direct sun nor total shade either.
Where is Crosbyton? Don't you have even more heat & humidity for a longer period of time than I do in the Mid-Atlantic?
There should be a sign that reads: "GROWERS of SAC, BEWARE!".
These are the hibiscus
A different colored one
i would love some. and if anyone has any rooted ones for postage klet me know.
The Sweet Autumn that ate the yucca plant.
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oohhhhhhh i love those swamp hibiscus. i think that is what i was admiring in someones yard a few days ago. i would love to have those in my yard!
kelly
Kelly, I can send you some seeds for a SASBE. I'm in the address exchange.
shirley ...i am in the same zone as you...we will be hot till october....humidity is not a possibility here ...we are windy
Ada: Pretty & colorful Hibiscus! They look very hardy, plus with standing heat & humidity like real troopers. Sorry to hear that the SAC "ate" your Yucca plant. I feel your pain since it is devouring my Holly bush & scaling the "Sky Rocket" Junipers to new heights!
sticks_n_stones: I'll see if any of the SAC that I yank out has any of the roots attached. I don't save any SAC seeds.
i would truly love it!!! let me know how much postage you need!!! thank you:)
sticks_n_stones: Please do me a favor and contact your local Agricultural Extension Service FIRST and find out from them if SAC is a vine that can be grown in your area. Then please contact me.
