Karyn how gorgeous. The COMMON passies sure look awesome to ME!! Cross my fingers that the wind will not do any damage to your brug buds. Here it is raining constantly. Gently. Just the way it should be :-)

Hope to see the open blooms soon

Lucy

oooo I love that first the Apios americana. How big are the blooms, and does it have a scent?
Make sure to post pix when that Clero is open..I wanna see!
Thanks for sharing, everything is beautiful as always!

They are all beautiful. "Common" Passies are especially beautiful.

OOO Karyn!!! the Apios is Beautiful!! I also want to see the clerodendrum blooms.. Lucy if you want some Passi eye candy check out Grassknolls

Here is a link that might be useful: Passi's

Grassy Knolls is a very good passie nursery but the other plants aren't great. They are healthy but extremely small. Elizabeth really knows passies, has great varieties and her prices are very reasonable. Quite a few of my passies are from GK.

I have no idea if the apios has a scent. It's been cold and rainy here so nothing outside is fragrant now, not even the brugs.

Karyn as usual .. you have great blooms ! Please post again when they are fully opened, I want to see them too !

Gorgeous, Karyn!!!

Theresa

Pretty pics Karyn. You have me interested in that clerodendrum. What zone are they hardy to? Are they common in nurseries. Can you describe the smell to me? Does the smell carry?

Thanks
Brandon

Brandon there's so many varieties of clerodendrum and some can be hardy to zone 8. Not all have a fragrance and some are actually stinky. There's also varieties that are considered invasive pests in the warmer zones.

I've seen several varieties available in FL nurseries, never anything up here but many of the online nurseries carry them.

The C. philippinum fragrance is very jasmine like as is C. bungeii.

Here is a link that might be useful: A few different clerodendrums

Karyn, I have a question for you. Last year my C Ugandense (I had started from seed from you..thank you :)) didnt bloom till October I think..I'd have to refer back to pic for an exact date. It had one bloom. I kept it going inside by a window all winter, not another bloom since.
I was giving it BB in the spring and first half of summer, but it still doesnt have buds. I was hoping it would bloom sooner and longer for me this year since I kept it going all winter, blah blah blah..last year it was a baby, so I didnt expect many if any blooms..was surprised by the one.
When does yours normally bloom? Is it a fall bloomer, liking the cooler weather? Or is mine 'speecial'? lol. Am I doing something wrong? TIA

I dont know if you got any of that crazy weather yesterday, but if you did I hope all fared well.

Mine are usually in bloom almost year round, including inside if I don't let them go dormant. I keep them in full sun but rarely feed them. They do have to be mature to really bloom well. I'd say about 3 years at the least if started from seed but those started from cuttings can be prolific bloomers much sooner. Mine also like big containers with lots of space for their roots or even better in the ground but they are a PITA to dig up.

hmmm..OK, thanks Karyn. I just sent Shawn some to start cuttings from. How much ya wanna bet that his bloom before mine, lol. I just put mine in a bigger pot towards the end of July. Repotting prob will slow things down too. Though, the roots are already at the bottom of the new pot.
I put two in the ground in spring, and they promptly died. I even ammended their holes. O well, hopefully next year they'll start spittin out lotsa blooms for me. Thanks!

Beautiful blooms Karyn. I like how the buds form on the clerodendrum -- looks like a bouquet!

Thanks for the info and link Karyn. Haha, I checked out the other stuff on the tichotomum (sp?) link. I want me one of those amorphophallus titanum plants. Too funny!