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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 2:36:05 GMT
I love grape vines as well. Here is a picture a vineyard in Oliver, where I used to live:
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 3:32:36 GMT
Ooo ~~ pretty! Is that in western Canada, Deyana?
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Post by BigIain on May 22, 2009 9:45:33 GMT
Hmmm, I had expected this to be a thread on wine. I am most disappointed. carry on.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 11:34:12 GMT
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata,Porcelain Berry Vine I brought one of these back from N.Y. one year and gave it a go in my garden,it was beautiful for a few years but never really "took off" like I had seen it up there. Usually it's the opposite with growing conditions here. The berries take on different colors as you can see in the photo and then get a crackling type appearance much like real porcelain therefore,the name. It's incredibly invasive further north,the birds eat the berries and upon elimination little volunteers sprout up and if left unattended will completely take over. My vine finally succumbed to the elements here. I may get another on my next trip up north.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 12:04:31 GMT
Ooo ~~ pretty! Is that in western Canada, Deyana? Yes, that's Western Canada Bix. The Okanagan to be precise. I lived in Oliver for quite a few years. It's a beautiful area to live in. Full of Orchards, beaches, mountains, vineyards etc. In Oliver the population doubles each year, as the tourists pour in. Osoyoos was the next town to us, and it has the only pocket desert in Canada.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 15:23:44 GMT
Pocket desert?!
Deyana -- PLEASE do a thread for the North America board. That would be so interesting!
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Post by Jazz on May 22, 2009 18:21:42 GMT
This is a vinyard in southern Ontario. The old house, built in the mid 1800's, is now a wonderful restaurant and a place I love to go for a special meal. You are surrounded by acres and acres of lush vines. The winery, Peninsula Ridge Estates, does well. www.peninsularidge.com/index.htm
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 19:21:02 GMT
I will Bixa, when I get a bit more time. Later on today if possible.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 19:36:53 GMT
Yay! I would send you roses, but you said cacti are your favorites ~~~ so,
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Post by Jazz on May 22, 2009 19:42:44 GMT
The Philippine jade vine will probably never be in my garden, but it is exotic. The clumps grow to be a metre long, each 'flower' is about 8 cm and they are a luminescent turquoise.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 20:45:23 GMT
Oh my gosh!!! Is that another clerodendron? I MUST have it, I must! Anyone wanna trade one of those for a slightly used but still functioning major organ?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 20:48:25 GMT
Yay! I would send you roses, but you said cacti are your favorites ~~~ so, Favorite plant yes, but Roses are my favorite flower
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 20:56:50 GMT
You'll get those when we see the pocket desert thread.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 21:14:22 GMT
I saw one of those Philippine Jade vines at the NY Botanical Garden when they reopened their conservatory after extensive renovation. They are pollinated by bats. Outstanding!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 0:43:56 GMT
You'll get those when we see the pocket desert thread. *ahem*
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2009 2:00:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 13:00:48 GMT
Quisqualis indica,AKA Rangoon Creeper,trying to find room for one.Nice fragrance
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 17:04:48 GMT
I also loved how trumpet vine could crush structures when I was growing up in the Deep South.
Morning glories, on the other hand, seemed much more gentle.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2009 18:18:34 GMT
Do you mean this trumpet vine, (Campsis radicans) Or the even more terrifying cat's claw vine (Macfadyena unguis-cati)? When I first moved to New Orleans and saw it in bloom , I thought a law should be passed to force people to grow it, it was so beautiful. That's before I knew it could do this and how nearly-impossible it is to eradicate. <-- those delicate-looking tendrils will grab hold and rip the siding right off of a house.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 19:39:14 GMT
I am talking about the first orange trumpet vine. I was so happy to find it again in Vietnam. In fact I found so many of the plants from my childhood in Southeast Asia that I realized that just about all of them had been imported from there.
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Post by Jazz on May 23, 2009 20:06:49 GMT
The trumpet vine doesn't grow as lavishly here due to our rather short season but I love it... A clematis just about to fully bloom, Bittersweet... mmm...today I seem to be in a red, orange, peach mood...
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2009 23:51:25 GMT
Kerouac, I hope one day you are in a position to live at least part of the year in SE Asia, as it seems something you really love.
Jazz! Bittersweet! I haven't see that in over 20 years, & I just love it. Every part of that clematis is delightful!
I've only seen the Rangoon creeper a few times. It's one of those "perfect tropical touch" plants.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 3:24:23 GMT
Bittersweet is one of those childhood plants that I love,makes me homesick for NY. I'm due for a trip up there.
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Post by spindrift on May 24, 2009 14:08:31 GMT
I love my Humulus Lupulus Aureus (Goldlen Hop). Mine is growing well being intertwined with a climbing rose.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 14:23:25 GMT
Yes,the use of vines intertwined together is such a great way to showcase and or camouflage. I have the white vine in picture #1 intertwined with a New Dawn Rose climber and Stephanotis(below) with the ocassional Moonflower escapee. The possible combinations are endless,featuring not only blooms but texture.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2009 14:55:30 GMT
Thanks for that picture, Spindrift. I wasn't getting a good idea of it in your garden before. It must absolutely glow! That color & texture combined with the climbing rose would be outstanding.
Ooo, Casimira ~~ it would never have occurred to me to combine the rosa montana with anything else. You have started some ideas percolating. The texture of the stephanotis with the white antigonon would be stellar.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 15:16:01 GMT
In Mississippi, we had a large privet hedge all around the property line, and it lived in total harmony with honeysuckle and blackberry intertwined all through it.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2009 15:22:05 GMT
Of all the vines that get crazily out of control, honeysuckle is one of my top favorites. I miss the stands of wild honeysuckle and blackberries in the Gulf south.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 15:42:23 GMT
Kerouac, was it the norm for you to keep the privet clipped? Up north it is so compulsory to have one's privet hedges clipped. Peter Matthiessen's property is the only one I know of that got away with letting his go and even then it was frowned upon. Miles and miles of hedgerows clipped to "perfection".
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Post by spindrift on May 24, 2009 15:43:59 GMT
I will post a picture of my rose and hop when the roses bloom.
Casimira - you're so lucky to live in an area where you seem to enjoy all of the plants that I love but cannot grow.
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