Don, forget about Wayside. They are overpriced for the product they offer
and their information is unreliable. Our climate here is a little unique -
more like the UK and less like anywhere else in the states. You live in an
area with scores of excellent nurseries just a short drive away and I'd
encourage you to visit a few of them and see what they have to recommend. In
the PNW star jasmine NEEDS full sun and preferably a somewhat sheltered
location. Schizandra, OTOH, would prefer part shade. The honeysuckle is
fine, but in my experience, 'sempervirens' is not entirely evergreen here -
a typical winter will result in considerable but not complete defoliation.

Yep, I'm not too far up the road and so is Travis. I was here when the
mountain blew the first time. Although interesting, this is pretty much a
non-event compared to that blast :-)

FWIW, my favorite of the honeysuckles is Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina'.
Dark pink buds open to bicolor creamy yellow and pink flowers. Very fragrant
and a very long bloomer. My hummers love it. And with due credit to Paghat,
our other local resident poster, here's a photo and some info:
http://www.paghat.com/honeysuckleserotina.html

You might like to check out the rest of her website. She has done an
excellent job with it and showcases a great number of plants that are
particularly well-suited to our climate and conditions.

pam - gardengal




"Don W" wrote in message
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Thank you so much for your help Pam. I notice that you are in the
Northwest and so are we. We are in Vancouver Wash and just sitting here
waiting for the mountain to blow again.

Anyways....

My wife loves the Star Jasmine but this is an area with sun and Wayside
seems to say that Star Jasmine does better in Part Shade and shade. Are
you saying in your msg that Star Jasmine works ok in the PNW in the sun?

We looked at the vines on Wayside and her is what we like so far

1. Honeysuckle John Clayton (Lonicera sempervirens)
2. Magnolia Vine Eastern Prince (Schisandra chinensis Eastern Prince)
3. Clematis The President


Most of the honeysuckles will work fine - they are not invasive in our
climate although some of them are more rampant growers than others and
some
seem overly prone to powdery mildew and aphids. You could also consider
an
evergreen clematis, Clematis armandii, which will provide a very
attractive
evergreen screen along the fence with fragrant white blossoms in early
spring. If it is an area that gets lots of sun (like all day), star
jasmine,
Trachelospermum jasminoides, is another evergreen vine with fragrant
white
blossoms.


"Don W" wrote in message
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Thank You Pam and Travis for your feedback.

After reading your msgs these newbies decided that we made a mistake
getting these vines excatly for the reasons that you stated in your
feedback about them. I guess the thing that stood out about the vine
was
the hummingbird part of the name and we do want to put some type of
vine/vines along the chair link fence. We are out here in the Portland
Oregon area and we are now looking for new suggestions for vines to
plant along the fence.

Any suggestions??

Thanks again for the feedback

Don


"Don W" wrote in message
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Hello

We got 3 hummingbird vines in the mail today and at the moment
they
are
on the pretty small side. We plan on planting them in front of a
chain
link fence and since we are new to this we were wondering how far
from
the fence should we plant them. We do plan on having the vines on
the
fence but i wasnt sure how far to plant the vine near the fence. A
few
inches from the fence...a foot away...?

Thanks

I know of at least a couple plants commonly referred to as
'hummingbird
vine' but as one is an annual (Ipomoea quamoclit), I am assuming you
mean
Campsis radicans or trumpet vine. This is a big, aggressive vine
that
develops a heavy and very woody trunk, so make sure your chain link
fence is
sturdy enough to support it. You can plant as close as you like or
as