Climbing flowers?

[Dgemeinhardt]

Im new to this, I dont know how to ask questions maybe I'm doing it right anyway, can you plant morning glories next to trees?

[lucknow]

Originally Posted by JQ Public

trumpet vine

Now, that's one invasive horrible plant to have anywhere near the house. I had one that was a nightmare. We used to call it "The vine that ate the house. I chopped it down, dug it up, put pioson on it, cursed it and after 4 years of that it just sprung right back up when left alone. It shot shoots through my driveway 20 ft from it's main trunk. I'd give one to my worst enemy for a present, LOL.

[carolyninfl]

Originally Posted by Alley01

Moonflower or Morning Glory...they are temporary whereas most other vines end up becoming a lot of work. I combine the two usually so that we have flowers first thing in the morning and at night! The seeds grow very quickly.

Yeah morning glory is what I was thinking.

[carolyninfl]

Originally Posted by Dgemeinhardt

Im new to this, I dont know how to ask questions maybe I'm doing it right anyway, can you plant morning glories next to trees?

Yes but beware they are very invasive. I had some by an orange tree and the vine went up the tree. I thought it looked really cool though having purple flowers all over an orange tree myself but some people would not like it.

[phonelady61]

Plant something nicer like a climbing rose or a clematis . I hate morning glory also as it climbs over everything and is very invasive dont like it either .

[Alley01]

Originally Posted by Dgemeinhardt

Im new to this, I dont know how to ask questions maybe I'm doing it right anyway, can you plant morning glories next to trees?

Yes, but I would recommend getting a trellis or something other than the tree to climb. Like most vines, they work on the strangling type of principle - so be nice to your trees. I like to grow mine next to the gutters and have them climb up that. Just make sure you have a ladder at the end of the growing season. I love the bright blue ones the best but got a variety pack this year so I have no idea what colors we will have. I think with my luck they will be every color but blue!

I like that Morning Glories are not permanent...and that butterflies and hummingbirds love them...I am a huge fan of attracting them to my gardens. We have had Wisteria which is a tree and therefore you have to realize that at some point, it will be a huge trunk, as honeysuckle and many other choices. Climbing roses can be just as difficult because they aren't as easy to grow, as many other climbers seem to fit into that category. So, make sure whatever you choose is based on how long you will stay in your house...because buyers are not always as thrilled with your garden choices as you were. We were lucky that the buyers of our house liked Amethyst Falls Wisteria because otherwise we would have needed a chainsaw.

[txtoal]

Originally Posted by 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. PlantFiles: Detailed information on Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine Passiflora 'Purple Gem'

Cptn, my mother just gave me 3 cuttings of her passion vine and she assured that they would look all wilted, almost dead but not to fear, they will come back to life, so we shall see what happens. It has taken over one side of her house and the odd thing is, it dies back in the winter and then come spring, there will be shoots of it in random places, some like 5 feet to 10 feet away where it was not planted.

Originally Posted by Alley01

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.

Really? It is banned? Why, from being so invasive? I had morning glory planted at my previous home on a trellis and once the cold weather started up, it never came back up so I am assuming there are annual and perennial varieties. Ironically enough, I just planted some at our current home...hope it doesn't get invasive.

[txtoal]

Originally Posted by Alley01

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.

Really? It is banned? Why, from being so invasive? I had morning glory planted at my previous home on a trellis and once the cold weather started up, it never came back up so I am assuming there are annual and perennial varieties. Ironically enough, I just planted some at our current home...hope it doesn't get invasive.

Originally Posted by 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. PlantFiles: Detailed information on Passion Flower, Passionflower, Passion Vine, Passionvine Passiflora 'Purple Gem'

Cptn, my mother just gave me 3 cuttings of her passion vine and she assured that they would look all wilted, almost dead but not to fear, they will come back to life, so we shall see what happens. It has taken over one side of her house and the odd thing is, it dies back in the winter and then come spring, there will be shoots of it in random places, some like 5 feet to 10 feet away where it was not planted. I am hoping that it will cover our fence next to the pool, I planted 2 clematis and what do you know, after 2 months, one is now starting to come up, the other has not so if all of this takes off, I'll have both passion vine and clematis growing together.

[Alley01]

Originally Posted by txtoal

Really? It is banned? Why, from being so invasive? I had morning glory planted at my previous home on a trellis and once the cold weather started up, it never came back up so I am assuming there are annual and perennial varieties. Ironically enough, I just planted some at our current home...hope it doesn't get invasive.

The invasive forms of this are similar to Kudzu and the invasive Wisteria...once they take over it is difficult to get rid of. My understanding is that the seeds available for consumers are of the non-invasive variety because so many had a problem with Morning Glory taking over. It has come back a couple times for us when we have had mild winters but we never had any issues with it overtaking anything. You just have to pay attention to it as when it gets going (like most vines) it grows a lot each day and starts to grab things to anchor itself. But it isn't heavy like Wisteria so it is much easier to remove. We cut ours weekly to train it to go into spots were are fine with it climbing.

[txtoal]

Originally Posted by Alley01

The invasive forms of this are similar to Kudzu and the invasive Wisteria...once they take over it is difficult to get rid of. My understanding is that the seeds available for consumers are of the non-invasive variety because so many had a problem with Morning Glory taking over. It has come back a couple times for us when we have had mild winters but we never had any issues with it overtaking anything. You just have to pay attention to it as when it gets going (like most vines) it grows a lot each day and starts to grab things to anchor itself. But it isn't heavy like Wisteria so it is much easier to remove. We cut ours weekly to train it to go into spots were are fine with it climbing.

Very interesting, I did not know this. I did plant seeds from a packet and I am pretty sure they are non invasive. I do remember the packet saying annual. I will certainly keep an eye on it. My spouse is from AL and there is kudzu and invasive wisteria all over the place where he is from.