On 23 Aug 2003 15:38:03 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
Stephen Howard wrote:

Ecremocarpus ( sp? ) AKA Chilean Glory Vine would work well. It likes
a nice, hot spot, and benefits from a little protection in the winter.
It's a prolific flowerer too. It would require netting, or some other
kind of support to grow up.

It needs more than a little protection! But that location should be
OK. It would probably also be OK for several of the jasmines, though
I have little successful experience with any except winter jasmine
(which should also do, but is a bit of a straggler). They can't be
planted with anything else as they are root thugs.

As regards protection - I had one growing up the east/south wall of my
workshop for a few years running.
It's a spot that gets a lot of sun, but I would in no way consider it
to be 'protected' other than from the heat retained in the wall.
The vine flourished ( so much so that I had to keep cutting it back
so's it didn't block the door ) until I got a bit vigorous when
removing some competing ( and winning ) ivy.

The specimen in my garden, growing in a shadier spot and up a wooden
shed - but quite well protected from winds, did rather less well and
lasted only two years.

I'm not sure if it's of any value info wise, but it seemed to me that
the orange flowered variety was rather more hardy than the red.

Regards,



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