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Sandpaper Vine

Fouquieria

By Fouquieria
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Fouquieria

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Petrea volubilis, also known as Queen's Wreath.

Takes full sun.  Once established, fairly drough-tolerant too.

-Ron-

Petrea.jpg

-Ron-

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Kim

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Glorious flowers and color, Ron.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

ron@springhammock Community Regular

ron@springhammock

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I just sprouted a bunch of seeds.  Hopefully I won't have to wait long before I can enjoy the same for my self.

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

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Matt in SD

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Nice Ron,

We actually planted one of these in Hawaii on our last trip out.  My wife and son really liked it.  I have to say that I am very scared of what this vine will do in that climate.  Looks like a nice one for SoCal.

Matt

San Diego

0.6 Acres of a south facing, gently sloped dirt pile, soon to be impenetrable jungle

East of Mount Soledad, in the biggest cold sink in San Diego County.

Zone 10a (I hope), Sunset 24

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Ron,

This vine possesses wonderful color.  Thanks for sharing.

Ray

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

Fouquieria Proficient

Fouquieria

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I planted this three or four years ago.  I put up a copper pipe on which to support itself.  I think it's about eight feet wide now.  I've heard in Mexico, it can get well over 40 feet.  I'll be happy if it covers the 25 feet of piping.  I think it is now fairly established, but don't really expect it to get rampant.  This time of year is its major flush, but it also has a nice one in September.

I got some tree seeds of Petrea glandulosa and P. aspera from Chris Baasch a couple of years ago.  I only have one little P. aspera twig to show for it.  I hope it leafs out this year like it did last year.

-Ron-

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ron@springhammock

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Ron,

I would love to see a picture of your copper trellis if you get a chance.  I seem to buy a lot of flowering vines without considering where to put them, so any ideas, especially with your landscaping sense, would be greatly appreciated.

I take it the P. aspera has the same curious sandpaper texture?  My P. volubilis sprouted like weeds, so maybe it's the species that make the difference, or possibly old seed.

Ron

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

Fouquieria Proficient

Fouquieria

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Ron,

All I've done with this vine is sort of wrap some of the newer branches around the pipe as it grows along.  I've got the pipe about a foot beneath the water scupper.  I'm not sure what kind of landscaping skill that requires though.   ':laugh:'

-Ron-

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ron@springhammock Community Regular

ron@springhammock

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Oh...I guess the word "pipe" should have clued me that, that is exactly what it is (where's the I'm so stupid smilie?).

Central Florida, 28.42N 81.18W, Elev. 14m

Zone 9b

Summers 33/22C, Winters 22/10C Record Low -7C

Rain 6cm - 17cm/month with wet summers 122cm annually

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SunnyFl

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That vine is beautiful.  We saw some nice, but smaller, specimens at Tropiflora today and I was going to grab one, but the DearHusband said No.  

That's a lovely photo.  Petrea has a very ethereal beauty - and a wonderful deep color.

St. Pete

Zone - a wacked-out place between 9b & 10

Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

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