Re: sausage vine- again??

Thanks all- not sure if it will live through winter
here or not- but i think we're going to try it.  My
mom fell in love with the little bell shaped flowers,
sounds like it should grow fairly quickly anyway.

Theresa
--- Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/2/03 1:55:43 PM,
> tchessie@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> >Stauntonia hexaphylla
> 
> Theresa, this is what I found:
> 
> Scientific Name
> Stauntonia hexaphylla 'Cartwheel' 
> Common Name 
> Stauntonia vine
> 
> 
>     Vines for the Southeast
> Plant Fact Sheets
> Consumer Hort
>
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> Hardiness: Tender perennial grown as an annual or
> container plant 
> Habit: -- 
> Growth Rate: Moderate
> Texture: Medium to coarse 
> Height: 10 to 25' 
> Exposure: Sun to partial shade 
> Climbing Method: Twining
> Flower/ Fruit: Fragrant white flowers spring to
> summer
> See:      
> mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?onda=N50130160
> See: 
> www.sna.org/research/92proceedings/Section1038.html
> 
> www.plantsman.com/catalogue/catalogue38.html
> Just hardy evergreen woody twining vine from Asia
> climbing to 20/30ft under 
> glass and 15/20ft on a favourable wall in a
> sheltered position. Avoid any 
> confusion with Holboellia, as the flowers are
> different and have no scent. 
> Leaves are dark green, leathery, up to 14cm long, 3
> to 7 per leaf in a 
> composite fan arrangement. Flowers in late spring
> rise from the leaf axils to 
> leaf stalks 7 to 10 cm long in small clusters @ 3 to
> 5 blooms per stalk. 
> Campanulate, whiteish/pink, spotted maroon inside
> the bell, @ 2 to 2 1/2 cm 
> long and produce a purple lumpy sausage @ 3 to 5
> inches long, rounded at the 
> ends. Fabulous vine, good against a warm sheltered
> wall protected from frosty 
> winds, or inside
> 
> See also:    www.dungevalley.co.uk/perencat.htm
> 
>
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