That all sounds beautiful Cynthia! Lots of good suggestions.

Another vine to consider for Austin is Coral vine. I almost wrote "Queen's crown" because that is what my grandmother called it. It has beautiful heart shaped leaves, blooms all summer, butterflies love it, drought tolerant, climbs into trees if you want it to, and comes back from the roots. When it freezes back in winter the leaves dry up to almost nothing and stems are very dry and brittle making it easy to pull down and clean up.

Here's a picture of it growing on a tree. It's great for a fence too.

I'll have some starts at the San Antonio Swap.

roselee that's stunning! now I have to think about coral vine. Would it survive in the Dallas FW area? Hmmmm

folks, sorry for the duplicate....I tried to post in the other thread that sounds like this. It seemed to me that I was told my message was rejected so I copied and pasted here without the link.

...it's been that sort of week, maybe 2 weeks
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It should. It is extremely vigorous in San Antonio. I see it covering entire fences. I don't think anyone has ever had to provide winter protection for their coral vines..LOL

It blooms late summer

Dave's Garden lists it as 8a
Scientific name: Antigonon leptopus

Cyntrhia, when my message gets rejected, I change the name of the subject and it lets me post. Hope this works for you.

Could y'all please tell us how to plant, Cutting or seed or both. We have this beautiful plant growing around our place, however, we want more. We noticed seeds in the middle of the dried up dead flowers. Please tell us how to propigate this awesome plant?

I know someone who grows coral vine in Fort worth. It dies to the ground. She mulches pretty good too. It comes back every year. In a cold winter it comes back late.