Re: Podranea ricasoliana
gordon
I grow a podranea on a norteast facing wall.
it is very vigorous and takes well to hard pruning to a framework since it
flowers at the end of current year shoots.
it needs no water once established.
I have seen it growing in morocco a lot. climbing up very tall buildings.
I get the occasional frost not every year.
I prune it hard each spring, just as it starts into growth.
very colourful in autumn. in fact, it has flowers still, though somewhat
faded.
francisco
south of barcelona
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Walker" <grwalker@club-internet.fr>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 8:56 PM
Subject: Podranea ricasoliana
I recently discovered a large speciment of this "trumpet vine" from S.
Africa, with pink flowers , in the centre of the southern French village
where I live, covering most of the facade of a local bank. I read that
it is hardy to -5°C(23°F) as far as the wood is concerned and rather
hardier still for the roots. It looks to me as if there has been little
or no damage in the last five years or so although I see from local
weather records that in 1998 there was a frost of -8°C(18°F). Has anyone
had experience with this very pretty climber?
--
Gordon Walker
France
