Re: acquiring podranea

> Paul Reid wrote:
> 
> Hearing all you plantsies talk of this podranea made me look it up in
> Botanica, and the dreadful result is that now I want it!  I have a new
> arbor to cover and it sounds like I would love it.
> Three questions to those in the know:
> 
>   1. Are there any drawbacks I should know about besides the obvious
>      frosthardiness issues.
>   2. Would it grow satisfactorily in large redwood planters at the
>      corners of this arbor.
>   3. Does anyone know where it can be purchased, perhaps by mail, as I
>      have never seen it in a Central Valley garden center.
Karrie
One thing I do know about this plant (which I have seen around but never
grown myself) is that it is a stupenduously vigorous grower and I should
think confining its roots in a planter would be a good thing as it might
tame it a bit.

My book of climbers says
"frequent pruning may be required to stop the vine becoming too large
but must not be done after late spring as flowering wood will be
sacrificed. The plant becomes quite woody with age and it may be
necessary to cut back with secataurs or loppers to rejuvenate it".

I don't know where the idea came from that it has tendrils as it is
definitely  a scrambler.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
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