This vines gone WILD lol buds like crazy it loves to bloom here all winter!

What is it and where are you located? It helps to add location info on your profile.

It's Stictocardia beraviensis and I'm jealous.

This thing is a monster! Its over 40 ft theres got to be thousands of buds does this ever winter. Its planted in a old chicken coop I plant my brugs there and added this it took over lol

@mkb136 - what Zone are you located in?
Would you share seeds?


According to:

http://site.mawebcenters.com/a...

who I heartily endorse. $ 8 for the plant.


"STICTOCARDIA BERAVIENSIS - HAWAIIAN BELL SUNSET VINE - Also known as BRAVEHEART VINE or KINGS IPOMEA. A fast growing vine with large velvet heart shaped leaves 6-7" wide. Likes moist soil and does well in sun or shade. Hardy zone 9-11. Will climb or cascade. Beautiful exotic 2-3" cup shaped scented flowers of bright crimson with orange and yellow streaking. Produces abundant nectar and flowers yearround. Will cover a fence, arbor, or trellis within a few weeks. May be container grown in colder climates."

Hmm container grown

David, it only blooms in the late fall winter months .. you'd need to either keep it in a well heated greenhouse or in your house.

I have had bloom here during the summer months too. It needs more sun to bloom were I have it all day sun it blooms during the summer too.

Really? Wow! Everything I've read about stictocardia was that it was a winter bloomer.

No as long as you have sun all day I feed them early spring growth is crazy and all summer they will bloom. If you keep feeding them there out of control lol stop feeding them and you will enjoy the flowers.

Looks like something I will "need" desperately next spring!

I'll see if I can find some seeds somewhere.

David, I love your comment below your zone number............I also ignore zones altogether...........one can do that when one has a huge g'house.

I do it with just a pretend GH that is only used from late April to Mid November.

Have one heck of a grow area though in my basement. And an understanding wife.

Hmmmm..........don't you mean used from Mid-November till late april??? Unless your summers are exceedingly hot and the plants need protection. LOL

Nope. Meant what I said. It is inexpensive cheapo ~ 8 x 8 x 10. If it is -15 outside, it is -10 or so in there. I have seeds started in mid summer in it. Early Spring and late Summer-Fall I have plants in it. I do use it that whole time. From November when I put everything to bed til mid April or so, I use it for storage and keep a few potted plants there. Not many.

During the hottest summer period it has shade cloth covering it. I start a lot of perennials over summer in it. On our hottest days this year, it was between 90 - 100 in there.

Seed seems to not be available anywhere. Oh well.

Several people sell the plant - no one I have found has the seed.

Well, the weather is gonna hit the crapper here one of these days and I sure don't want plants in transit.

The seed is about as much as a plant I would just buy the plant. Once it has a good root system they take off.

Seeds are hard to come by because they are not self fertile .. you need a different species to get seeds such as Stictocardia beraviensis & Stictocardia campanulata.

I wish i had another plant now i would have thousands of seeds lol