Colorful Vines For Hot Desert
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Comments (1)I don't have either of the two you mentioned or know when seeds should be sown, but there is a thread somewhere in here with a long list of appropriate vines. I have a lilac vine (Hardenbergia violacea) and a snail vine (Vigna caracalla); both do exceptionally well in the sun and heat on the east side of the house. I also have a coral vine (Antigonon leptopus) and also a pure white bower vine that is in the same family as the crossvine (Pandorea jasminoides) on west-facing walls, which also do quite well. Here is a link that might be useful: Colorful Vines for the Hot Desert thread...See MoreWill these vines grow in desert climate?
Comments (1)- Cobaea Scandens It's a tropical plant, and if it's from the warm tropipcs and not the cool mountains, it should do OK - Rhodochiton atrosanguineus Barely makes it in Phoenix AZ because of our frost episodes in winter. Might need winter protection. - Maurandya 'Magic Dragon' Grows in Phoenix AZ, and we are hotter and dryer than your area. ========== Your winters might be too cool for them without some sort of protection....See MoreTomato for desert climate-dry and hot
Comments (5)Hi Gardnerme, Here's what produced best for me last year, and I planted late (May 1), we had weeks of 90-100+ temps starting in June, and my plants were against a solid (heat-trapping) privacy fence: Black Prince (smallish, but wildly prolific, almost to the point of being a nuisance) Earl's Faux (Enormous pink beefsteak w/Potato leaf) Sugold cherries (these were right against the fence, being the hottest and full-sun part of my garden) Everything else I planted was OK, but not super-high yield until the heat subsided. I did not, however, have a lot of blossom drop. I foliar fed religiously with Foxfarm's "tiger bloom"(2-8-4) once the plants started blossoming, alternating with aspirin water. This was the first time I ever did a foliar feed. I don't have anything to do with FF, and it didn't come recommended from anyone, I just thought I'd try it. All I know is that I had other friends with severe blossom drop last year, and I didn't. I also got some cheap ($0.50/yd) white gauzy cloth from W-Mrt to shade/reflect heat, which I attached to CRW cages with binder clips. I left it on all season once the heat cranked up, and I didn't have trouble with sunscald. Some swear by proper "shade cloth," but what I found in my local stores was dark in color (heat attracting) and VERY expensive. IMHO, potato leaf varieties seemed to do better in my garden, as they tended to provide more of their own shade. Hope this helps! Cheeers, PBL...See MoreVine for hot wall
Comments (1)Use a member of the Bignonia family - there are tons of cultivars that come in lots of colors - red, orange, pink, purple, white - just do a google search for Bignonia. They all require heat to bloom. Of course, Wisteria does well in such a setting, but can take YEARS to mature enough to bloom....See Morebenesesso
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