Ipomoea Species, Lady Doorly's Morning Glory, Cardinal Creeper

I live in Brisbane, Australia and have owned one of these plants for 5 or 6 years. It's planted in my garden and grows up our telephone p...Read Moreole - right to the top and often twists along the lines themselves. It gets very little attention. I watered it regularly when it was first getting established, now it's only every couple of months when I remember. Contrary to what I've read about this plant, mine grows very vigorously. It's in a semi sunny position and I cut it back hard at this time of the year. (Maybe by two thirds) I have tried to propergate it, with limited success. Hardwood cuttings seems to work the best.

A very beautiful climber.

It has a reputation for being hard to propagate. Plants in cultivation rarely produce seed. Cutt...Read Moreings are said to root with difficulty. It's said that the easiest method is layering.

It's cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It was described from cultivated specimens, after it was distributed widely, and its origin isn't known with certainty, though it's generally thought to be in the West Indies.

I hope someone can tell me if my creeper is dead we had beautiful blooms all last year now the flowers are all gone and the leaves have f...Read Moreallen off so we are left with just sticks what should we do is this normal i cant remember it being like this last winter any info would help thanks

I have not grown Ipomoea horsfalliae which is grows natively in Puerto Rico, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and Brazil. It is naturalized i...Read Moren Jamaica and Japan. I have observed it growing in Maui, Hawaii as a cultivated plant. Ipomoea horsfalliae is also known as Prince Kuhio vine and prince's vine being named after Hawaii's Prince Kuhio who grew it on his property in Waikiki. Why a positive rating? Because it is one of the most beautiful vines I have ever seen both foliage-wise and bloom-wise. The 5 to 6 inch long, dark green, glossy, wavy-margined leaves are rounded in outline; however, they are palmate with 5 to 7 lobes. The bloom buds resemble berries and are very attractive. The blooms are 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The bloom color is almost indescribable ... a shockingly bright fuscia. I wish it was hardy in my zone. It will form a tuber with age from which suckers emerge so it might be difficult to dig up if one would need to do so. Difficult to propagate because it sets seeds irregularly in cultivation, it can be propagated by cuttings of shoots; however, cuttings do not root easily. As are other Ipomoeas grown as perennials, it also can be propagated from division of the roots, by layering and by grafting onto the roots of its own kind or other species. Grafting is frequently used to propagate this plant. Unlike most members of its genus, Ipomoea horsfalliae is a slow grower and may take 2 to 3 years to reach 8 to 10 feet. Because it blooms in the winter, it is seldom grown in areas that are not frost free.