Congratulations, it's beautiful. That's one of my favorite vines.
Karyn

Glad you could join the club! I spent 2 hours today cutting my Jade back. It produced about 50 blooms already this season and there are a few new scapes forming now. I had to cut it back though (I did it last year too) before it takes over the world.

Congratulations Gary.

Couple of questions--

Did your Amherstia survive?

How did the Delonix and Colvillea do outside this winter?

-Ron-

Ron,

My Amherstia nobilis is alive and well inside the greenhouse. Both the Delonix regia and Colvillea racemosa appear to have made it through the winter. They were covered with strings of Christmas light ropes through February. No new growth yet, but the branches look healthy and green.

hi gary,congrats!!!
now you should try it outside!
all mine are doing fine and got through our freak cold snap with no problem
hows your heliconias doing outside?
all mine got zapped,and with the exception of a few,all down to the ground.
funny,the ones that were not knoocked back to ground level,were the most[so i thought].tropical.
rostrata and bahai arawak.
both are fine and still producing leaves from old stems.
my 15 foot travellers tree got hit hard,nd thought i had lost the main fan,but now it seems although the new leaf inside is comming out black,the stem is fine,so will get a new leaf from that.
now see that this and bananas will continue to reshoot from old stems,when no leaves remain,but NO heliconias have done so,seems with out leaves on the stems,all shoots die!
now have lost at least 4-5 years growth on my heliconias.
gary

Congrats on the bloom. Mine finally went this year, right after I had just about given up since Bihai's was blooming and it looked like mine would not. I had eleven bloom clusters which I was very happy with since it had not bloomed ever before. Mine was grown from seed so I had no idea how long it would take.

Gary, I am not sure it would help at this point, and maybe the cold was just too much, but I think heliconias come back a little slower. Something I found is that heliconias that get affected by cold become susceptible to fungus, especially the rhizome. Of course it is not visible so it would be easy to miss. I have taken on the policy of spraying with a good fungicide after a colder than normal spell that I think might have knocked the heliconias back. The one I use is called phyton, it is copper based, but I have been told it is systemic. I'll spray the leaves and drench the soil too. The nice thing about the phyton is it appears to be safe for some copper sensitive plants like orchids and bromeliads. Since then, my post winter losses have greatly diminished. You night give it a try, maybe it is not too late. Good luck

Bill

Wow!!!...is that real?? I have never seen anything like that in my life!!! The colour is unbelievable.
You are sooooooo lucky to be able to grow these tropical plants....How I wish we had the climate to do this easily. We have to have heaters on at night, insulate the g/h with bubble wrap and fleece and have to pamper and fuss over many plants to get them through our winters. Although the climate here is definately warmer than say 20yrs ago.
Was this grown from seed or a cutting? I am really into all things tropical, but this beats the lot!!
Congrats...you lucky thing, it is a stunner!
Thanks for sharing the pic and for making me even determined to succeed...not to mention jealous, haha!
Gill.

Beautiful vine. I recently ordered one and can't wait to get it! I hope mine does as well as yours. Any tips on what type of soil (pH), fertilizer/schedule etc?
~SJN

I was reading in a local gardening magazine that a jade vine grows and flowers in a protected outdoor area at Port Hacking, NSW, Australia 34S. Also our local nursery sells the plants in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia 27S although I have not seen one flowering here but I assume it is sucessful in this area as the plants are sold here.

Gary, I have been without internet for too long so only now saw the foto, gorgeous. is it the first time it has bloomed for you?

Mine is in a second flush!!! I think it has about 15-18 scapes this time. Totally unexpected, I thought it was done for the season

I finally bought a Jade Vine and it arrived in great condition two days ago. This one has 2 small bud spikes (scapes?). They still look good and I really hope they continue to grow and eventually bloom. More than that I hope I can keep this plant going in the greenhouse over the winter.
Karyn

Karyn, where did you find a jade vine? I first thought they were discussing Crussula..LOL..Thanks, Toni

Toni I bought mine from Zone 9 Tropicals. Bob sells the most beautiful tropical plants. I've bought numerous plants from him over the past few years and every one has been beautiful. His prices are also very reasonable.
Karyn

http://www.zone9tropicals.com/index.php