Re: Podranea ricasoliana

At 19:01:54 PDT 8/15/2002, Jill wrote:
My name is Jill Van Cleve; I'm in San Diego. Mostly tho, I just have a Q about Port St. John's Creeper. I just moved into a new house, and took a sprig of a lovely, fragrant "vine" I found there to be IDed, Was told it wa the above-named, and indeed the one-gallon specimens for sale matched in flower, leaf, etc. But as I read, I encounter references to "tendrils"--I find none--and "evergreen"--yet my fence & flower-sharing neighbor insists it goes "abswolutely dead" in winter. "You would never think it would come back, alive, and flower, the next year." What's this? Is my neighbor mistaken? Do I not know a tendril when I see one? Was the ID in SD incorrect?
Thank you,
Jill
You've gotten some good responses to your question already, but there is also more information on the following page of our web site (including some photos to check the ID against):
http://www.support.net/Medit-Plants/plants/Podranea.ricasoliana.cfm

Regards,
Seán O.

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