Re: Mystery vine ID

Thanks to Joe an Moira for the plant ID's.  The yellow flowered vining plant certainly is Philadelphus mexicanus.  Growing in my garden, but something I did not remember planting.  I was convinced a bird must have seeded it there, until I looked at my computer listing of plants, and found a record of its purchase.  The computer remembered, even if I didn't.  Like quite a number of other plants which have lost their labels, the plant became an "unknown".  An argument for the indestructable, perpetually readable, but unobtrusive plant label. Now that I know this plant, it will not really need a label.  Living in the climate I do I can also grow (with water) rhododendrons, of which I have a number of  "unknown" varieties now.  I can easily identiy them all as rhododendrons, but with 1000's of cultivated varieties, many of which look alike in photographs, some of them shall probably forever remain unknown.

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On 6/1/2004 at 9:31 AM Tony and Moira Ryan wrote:

>Joe Seals wrote:
>> Philadelphus mexicanus 'Plena'?
>> 
>> Joe
>> --- RStarkeson@jschlesinger.com wrote:
>> 
>>>Can anyone identify this vining plant?  Flowers are
>>>pale yellow, about 1.5" across, doubled, pleasantly
>>>fragrant; leaves opposite, about 2" long.  It grows
>>>up, and then hangs down, with flowers on the hanging
>>>portions of stems.
>
>Hi Richard
>Joe seems to have hit the nail on the head with this identification, but 
>while I was visiting the site I did see one other pic (No. 1) which 
>seemed to be looking for a name (Unknown Shrub in Fruit, National 
>Arboreum, Washingon DC). if someone has not already identifed this for 
>you, it is obviously a Clerodendrum and I think probably C, trichotomum, 
>a Japanese native.
>
>Moira
>-- 
>Tony & Moira Ryan,
>Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
>NEW PICTURES ADDED 4/Feb/2004
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