Climbing flowers? (butterflies, trees, spring, nursery)

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Alley01

A good rule of thumb with Morning Glory is to buy the seeds in the stores in your area as they don't carry the invasive ones. Whereas, if you get them through a seed supplier you risk getting the invasive ones - at least that has been our experience. Burpee Seeds for example never have the invasive type.

Zone 8 and we have an invasive one that came with the house. It tries to take over a rose bush every summer. Hate that thing! Yes, beware.

[txtoal]

I had a Carolina Jasmine in my patio in Dallas when I used to live there and in 10 years time it was huge. I trimmed it back each year but I liked the fact I hardly had to do anything with it in the winter and summer between the freezes and the 100 degree weather. For me, it was a very low maintenance plant and I am in Zone 8. I moved and just planted another one against a stone retaining wall so I hope it does as well.

[suedonym]

Originally Posted by DubbleT

Careful with the morning glory, where I lived in zone 7 I found some kinds can be weedy/invasive.

we bought a house with morning glory.

3 years later im STILL trying to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!

love the flowers- cute as all get out but geez it goes EVERYWHERE!

and for some crazy reason i decided i wanted wisteria, so my grandad gave me a cutting if his.

i think im going to regret that one too! LMAO

[DubbleT]

Originally Posted by suedonym

we bought a house with morning glory.

3 years later im STILL trying to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!

love the flowers- cute as all get out but geez it goes EVERYWHERE!

and for some crazy reason i decided i wanted wisteria, so my grandad gave me a cutting if his.

i think im going to regret that one too! LMAO

Could be a losing battle but hang in there.
My neighbor lady grew some Cypress Vine, a relative of Morning Glory, that I thought were really pretty. Loved the feathery foliage. When I discovered them in my yard I let them grow along the porch railing where they climbed over everything in their path. (Stand still too long you might be a goner!) Ten years later I was still trying to eradicate them from my yard.

[Phawk57]

Originally Posted by suedonym

we bought a house with morning glory.

3 years later im STILL trying to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!

love the flowers- cute as all get out but geez it goes EVERYWHERE!

and for some crazy reason i decided i wanted wisteria, so my grandad gave me a cutting if his.

i think im going to regret that one too! LMAO

I used to think I liked morning glories until we bought a house that had them climbing the fence around the patio. I thought it was so beautiful at the time. It was a losing battle getting rid of them from the lawn and garden. We have since moved to NM and when a neighbor said she was going to plant them along our shared fence line I just cringed. Thankfully they didn't take off.

[Alley01]

Originally Posted by suedonym

we bought a house with morning glory.

3 years later im STILL trying to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!

love the flowers- cute as all get out but geez it goes EVERYWHERE!

and for some crazy reason i decided i wanted wisteria, so my grandad gave me a cutting if his.

i think im going to regret that one too! LMAO

There is a non-invasive species of Wisteria that blooms more than once a year. The nursery at hydrangea.com has it. I can't recommend them enough! We learned about invasive Wisteria the hard way. Morning Glory is actually banned in California and I think in some other states...but I know for sure they were in California because we learned that when we lived there about five years ago.

[tarragon]

I'm in the Northeast and am looking for a reblooming climbing rose. Do clematis bloom all summer?

[CptnRn]

I have seen the Passion Flower growing on a couple of fences in my neighborhood. They seem to do well here in the heat and don't look too hard to control. The blossoms are gorgeous. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/68729

[Alley01]

Originally Posted by tarragon

I'm in the Northeast and am looking for a reblooming climbing rose. Do clematis bloom all summer?

My gripe with Clematis is that unless you get an older plant, they take at least 2-3 years to bloom. Mine when mature did bloom throughout the summer when we were in Texas. I have never been to Maine so I am not sure how they do there.

As far as best varieties for your area, why not contact your local rose society? This is one of the most thorough rose society websites I have ever seen. I am jealous looking at all these beautiful rose gardens of their members!

Maine Rose Society: Index

[foxywench]

just a note on the passiflora (passion flower vines) most are NOT cold hardy, there are a few subspecies however, look into the blue crown veriety, its hardy to zone 6, will die back to the ground in zone six but will survive winters...most however require zone 8-9 and higher.

it is a beautiful and very unnusal vine though, the passionflower blossoms are almost alien like!
i got my first tast of the blue crown passionflower when we moved to our 2nd house in the uk, we had one in a big planter in the back yard, had no idea what it was, it was soooo unusual...each year it would die back, then the next spring it would not only wake up but take off like some alien triffid...it would easily reach 10ft and flower profusely each summer before dying back in the late fall right to the ground.