Hi Mistee, I would love to trade. I have lots of tropicals,including gingerlily, brugmansia, epiphyllum,dragonfruit, perennials, bleeding hearts, daylily many varieties, iris and more. Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks, Ibartoo

I have no problem starting snail or corkscrew vines from seed. I just soak them in water overnight and plant them in a regular soiless mix, making sure that the soil isn't too wet. I don't bother with bottom heat but do keep them somewhere warm. I just don't get blooms from either variety until the second season. I cut them back and winter them over inside. If I get pods on my corkscrew this season I'll be happy to share. Some years I don't get any seed pods and others I get a handfull. I think that ants have something to do with pollination. My plants become covered with ants, kind of like peonies and there's no type of insect that they are farming. I've noticed that the more ants the more seed pods. Karyn

By board fence, do you mean a solid board fence or rails? I've not had experience planting vines against solid board fences. The Cup and Saucer vine I always planted so that it would climb up to the porch rails and twine around and the length of them. I plant two - three vine plants in the ground at the bottom of the porch, provide supports of pieces of odd wire fence for them to grow up so they can reach the porch rails. The rails have pieces of wooden trellis nailed between the top and bottom rails. The vines grow on those. I have never planted Corkscrew Vine before, so this will be a learning experience. Perhaps it won't grow tall enough or spread out enough to cover the porch trellis - or maybe it will go out of control! Just have to wait and see. There is a very good Vine forum on GW that may be able to answer your questions better.

Hi - I, have corkscrew vine to trade. Please, only plant trades for this. I prefer, larger trades due to postage. So, please check my lists. Plants I am looking for: flowering shade and sun plants tropicals houseplants perennials heucherras columbine asters bleeding hearts vines butterfly bush flowering shrubs foxglove ee's and more.... Please, send me your have/ wish list. Thanks,Mistee