Vines That Flower Six Months Per Year in Zone 9b
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My first experience with Mandevilla has me sold on that genus. The plant has flowered continuously since Spring and seems to just grow more flowers every month. It has vigorous overall growth and healthy-looking leaves and vines as well. In the San Francisco Bay Area, which is a zone 9b Mediterranean climate, what are other vines that will flower continuously for four to six months?
The plant in the photo lost about 60% of its vines and flowers when we planted it and tied it to a trellis. I expect this plant to completely fill out this trellis within a year.
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Comments (29)Khalid: Thank you for those nice pics. & I'm impressed at how large and healthy the leaves are. Your Chartreuse de Parme is beautiful, same with Belle E. Own-root roses are much smaller than grafted, and my cold-zone makes roses 1/2 the size of warm-zone. So I have to go with REALL BIG roses if I want own-root in a cold-zone. Some of the wimpy own-roots like Love Song, Bishop Castle, Jude the Obscure are sold for $40 each at Heirloom roses since it takes longer for them to root. The problem with our winter & growing indoor: STERILE potting soil is used, that doesn't have mycorrhyzal fungi for fast root-growth. Rooting OUTDOOR with fast-drainage & loamy soil plus mycorrhyzal fungi resulted in THICKER roots for me. But I have to mix that in a month is advance. If you click on the below link, you'll see how Jobes' fertilizer NPK 3-5-3 (with bacteria & fungi) makes a big difference in Julia Child's flowering. Ingredients in Jobe's fertilizer NPK 3-5-3 are "Protein Hydrolysate from feather meal, bone meal, composted poultry manure, sulfate of potash and various bacteria, endomycorrhizae, ectomycorrhzae and archaea." https://www.amazon.com/Jobes-09426-Organic-Granular-Fertilizer/dp/B002RBGO0U/ref=lp_3032347011_1_10?srs=3032347011&ie=UTF8&qid=1477666753&sr=8-10 Here's what Jobe's fertilizer for roses contain: " A consortium of three microorganisms - bacteria mycorrhizal fungi plus a unique species of archaea that breaks down complex materials." That the same microbes in compost. One person reported the best result with rooting was with coco-coir (for fast drainage) and compost. I like home-made compost better than store-bought-compost (mostly cow-manure with antibiotics, salt, and that nasty quick-lime added to deodorize)....See Morewestes Zone 9b California SF Bay
last yearlast modified: last year@Jordan Jasminum polyanthum is jasmine, isn't it?
@gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9) When I see very mature specimens of J polyanthum, it sure looks bushy. See photos here:
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last yearWe’re in SoCal and have Bower Vines you might look into. Ours tend to bloom from Spring well into Fall. I love the blooms and somewhat lacy look of the shiny leaves. Just wanted to say we have several Mandevilla…Red Riding Hood and Alice Du Pont. Very pretty!
Some Bowers…ours have the pink centers.
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