How long will it bloom for, Lori? My husband just saw this at the botanical garden and said it reminded him of India. Maybe I'll plant one.

Absolutely beautiful, Lori. Mine is blooming too. Isn't the fragrance heavenly?

Anna

Lori and Anna: What type of support do you give your rangoon creeper? Do you abide by the "sturdy structures" that assorted web sites recommend or do you use another means?

Yours is certainly a beauty, Lori. And a heavenly scent just doubles the pleasure. - June

I only have the single flower, but it is in full bloom as well. I love the fullness of the double. I have mine on an arbor. I hard prune it in Jan/Feb and it goes craszy and blooms all summer for me. I need to prune it like that to keep it on the arbor. :o)

Drool...
Hester

Wow, I love it, I'm going to have to think about this one. Absolutely beautiful Lori....

Tom

Absolutely gorgeous!

I got one last year and it's spindly, with only a few flowers and leaves. It's apparently not happy where it is. Any suggestions on light, soil and water?

Terri

I have had this one, in the ground, for several years, but it has never bloomed. Can anyone suggest why?

Mine gets water two times a week from the sprinkler and fertilizer twice a year with the rest of the plants. It is in full sun.

Lady, maybe yours still is in transplant shock. First year they sleep, second they creep and third they leap. An old gardening saying. ;o)

Kay, this plant I find to be a heat lover, so maybe it is still waiting to warm up where you are. Hope you have it in full sun. :o)

Mine is not in full sun, it gets a couple hours of full sun mid-day when the sun is high, then back to shade. There's a bunch of pine trees between it and the sun to the west.

It only gets sprinkler water, which is now only once a week.

It's not on an arbor, it's supporting itself. It grew a couple of tall vines (not twining type) and they went up on the roof, then the rest grew on those. One big storm and the whole thing could come down, lol.

And wouldn't you know it, I'm not crazy about the scent (while plants who's scent I love die of course, lol). It's an interesting scent, but I can't say I love it. It's not like a flower/perfume scent to me, more like a spice.

This is only it's second bloom. It bloomed last year, but not at all like this year. And I'm sorry, I can't remember how long they lasted, I think a couple weeks at least.

I've tried to propagate this all last year...in soil and in water, with and without hormones. Never got a single root. Anyone know how to do it? I get a lot of requests for it.

Lori

Water. That may be the answer. Mine is only getting water when it rains or if I remember once a month. I'll give it a shot, thanks!

June, mine was planted to hide an ugly electric meter. We didn't want to put nails in the wall so we just hoped we could tuck a few of the long twigs behind the box to maintain it. It worked but it's been three years. This year it's climbing up a traveler's palm that's close by and I'm allowing it because it's just so beautiful.

Mine is a double, but I actually like the single a bit more. It gets a little over half day sun- morning through 1 or 2 depending on the month, and it blooms profusely most of the summer. It is under a roof overhang and gets no sprinkling, so I don't know how it even survives. The soil there is by the foundation and has no amending except once yearly leaf layer and maybe one or two coffee grind filterfulls in its lifetime. It has no pests. I agree with Katkin that it's a heat lover (on a very hot wall and next to concrete), and I think it would do best in full sun or close to that. This past winter it did not go deciduous, but the previous two it did. Comes right back in the spring. Beautiful vine, but vigorous.

Anna

Mine is in full sun and it's been humid and in the 80's. It gets plenty of water from the sprinkler system.

UPDATE - Lowes on Walsingham in Largo has singles for $24.99

Does anyone have cuttings from the double?

Found this old thread while doing some searches on this plant...anyone know where I can find one of these nearby...I'm in ( Highlands County)

Thanks for any help

I'm bumping this up...Anyone?

i bought mine in Miami.You can find them on eBay

Thanks John, the ones on Ebay are pretty small...but I DO appreciate the suggestion. I'll keep looking...I'd love to find a larger established one eventually...

Do you still have yours, that picture you posted sure is gorgeous!!!

they grow very fast this time of the year

They will root into the ground through pots and then come back in the spring here in zone 9a. I have one that is planted in the ground and that one comes back every year. I originally thought they were only hardy to 9b or 10 zones but they do okay here too.

Good to know they survive in zone 9a...one less plant to protect in the winter is always a plus :o)

Heh, as is my habit, I am now wondering about this species as a "tropical annual" for my big planters up here at work. Used popcorn cassia this year-to great effect. Simply amazing performance on that one...I wonder if the R. creeper might not be another such item, used in a non-traditional way.

Found one!! Hubby got it for me for our Anniversary :o)...had to drive to Sarasota but picked up a nice healthy double bloom Rangoon creeper ...Thanks for all the help!

I hope it blooms this year?

Looks great. Happy Anniversary:)

I don't know about an annual for the Rangoon Creeper. It can get quite a bit of growth on it and bloom here after freezing back but I don't know about in cooler climates. It might work but if you wanted to keep it going it would either need to go in a greenhouse or be restarted from cuttings every fall and kept inside.

Another thought...this plant might like to be air layered or simple layered to root since it likes to come up from its roots. I haven't tried rooting it other ways. The soft foam tupperware method might work on softer wood.

Thanks Sultry!! I had no idea this plant dies in the winter? I thought it grows all year but blooms in Spring through Fall...for the price at least that's what I thought Lol...we only get 2-4 days of frost here and last year we only had 2...so I can bring it inside the garage and hope for the best.

After googling it...I found out it says its a Perennial so hopefully it will be around for a few years :o)

Life Cycle

Perennial

http://www.flnurserymart.com/products/vines/rangoon-creeper/

It dies to the ground here in zone 9a but comes back up from the roots in the spring and blooms till frost. I was responding to Tom's question about growing it as an annual in his area. It probably wouldnt freeze back where you live, puglvr, but if it did then it would likely resprout from the roots because it does here in NE Jax(or has for the last 5yrs that I've had it).

Ooops sorry sultry, lol...that is very good news for me. I don't mind it dying back in winter as long as it comes back in the spring :o). Thanks!!