[Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer - trumpet vine

[Robert Skinner]

Trumpet vine

Had some in Maryland.  Completely covered a
well house.  Also, as the birds and wind
scattered the seeds, little trumpet vines
showed up EVERYWHERE.  Had to be merciless
pulling up the volunteers.

Pretty, though, and tough.

/Robert
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elle wrote:
> Brad,
> 
> thanks for the pict comment.....
> 
> That is a trumpet vine...which will grow just about anywhere & do just what you want.  It's pretty to look at, and also draws hummingbirds. 
> 
> There is also a variety of honeysuckle with mulit-colored flowers rather the ordinary yellow with which we are all familiar....that would also do the trick & hummingbirds also like it. Also a fast & prolific grower.
> 
> Both plants will do well in hot, dry environments....as they are essentially weeds.....although you'd best plant them in the ground & run some string or wire for the vines to follow up........they will need some moisture; they'll cook in pots in the roof unless they get watered or rained upon....Once they get a hold on the roof you'll be seeing them in your office......(my plants are survival of the fittest....if theycan't manage without me, they're outta here...)
> 
> If you plant several of these early......Feb or so if you're in the temperate area..they'll be well on the way to covering the side by summer.
> 
> let me know how it works.
> 
> elle
> 
> 
> 
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> 
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:45 AM
>> Elle,
>>
>> Thanks for the inspiration, you just gave me an idea.  What
>> is that
>> growing over the side of that, fence is it?  It looks much
>> like our
>> corporate headquarters on the coast, which looks
>> suspiciously like a
>> storage container (20 foot model).  Cooling it in the
>> summer can be
>> tough. I could put plant containers on the roof and let the
>> vegetation
>> hang over the sides to make it easier to cool and soften
>> the
>> industrial appearance (we worry about aesthetics at our
>> construction
>> company a great deal).
>>
>> Neat photos, all of them.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:15 PM, elle
>> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> OK..you are now free to go back to politics..
>>>
>>> ;^)
>>>
>>>
>>> elle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
>> can adjust our sails.
>>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>>   (Lady in Red)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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