I tried some in two containers last summer, albeit they were small containers. And they would not cascade. Wanted to climb, so eventually I made a trellis of fishing line for them.

You might want to try something else. What about sweet potato vine? That cascades nicely.

Tracy

I grew hyacinth bean for the first time last year and it did well in a container and I got a lot of seeds for this year. From my observation this is a rather stupid vine in that it had a hard time figuring out how to climb its perigola. I had to train it to get it to the top. Once on the top it didn't even want to grow laterally so I doubt this plant will take to growing downward at all. This plant does grow vigorously when it has space to go up. This year I'm situating it in a planter that has an 18' trellis system for it to climb.

I have morning glory, hyacinth, black-eyed susan, moonflower, clitoria tenaeta, and cardinal climber. Will any of these cascade or will all of them want to climb.

Lee

Lee: Morning glory will cascade for a bit, but then want to climb back up. I had mine in a few window pails and it cascaded for about six inches to a foot, then turned around and climbed back up itself.

Didn't have much luck with my cardinal climber last year, but it didn't want to cascade at all, either.

Tracy

I'm not sure about this plant and its 'tropism tendencies'. (Negative geotropism means that it will grow upwards, against the pull of gravity. Positive geotropism means that it will tend to grow with the pull of gravity. Positive PHOTOtropism is when a plant is driven to grow upwards towards the light. etc, etc.) I honestly don't know if this plant is gravity OR light responsive.

I will say this, however....I've seen it do beautifully in large hanging baskets.

What was the question..................?

Though the description was accurate, I did misname the effect of the stem wanting to grow upright. ;o) Its stems are negatively gravitropic while roots are positively gravitropic. Can't get away with nuthin' when she's around!

Al

Vines can sometimes be used as groundcovers, allowing them to spread and cover areas without supports, but that is a bit different than cascading over railings or banks. I think you will get some drape but perhaps not the full effect before the vine will start growing back on itself in its quest to climb upwards.

Thanks for all the posts. I guess I'll have to find or build more trellises!!!

Lee

How many hyacinth bean (runner) I can grow in a 5 gal plastic Home Depot bucket??