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jane__ny

Allamanda Vine

9 years ago

This was a small cutting I took from a neighbors vine. It was hanging over a wall and I didn't think they'd mind. I stuck it in a small pot and it rooted.

Three years later, this is what it has done!


This is how big that little 6 inch cutting grew in three years. You can't tell in the photo, but every branch is full of buds. Now I have to figure out how to get it to grow over the fence!

Jane

Comments (4)

  • 9 years ago

    Jane, that's beautiful! It looks like one called Allamanda 'Cherries Jubilee'. I love when I can make something from nothing. (And I hate when I make nothing from something!)

    Hoping you'll see this: I'd still love to know how you prune your gardenia. In this thread, you said that you cut yours every year. I asked you about it, but I don't think you ever saw the post. I took a whack at half of my gardenia and I am watching the results carefully. I wasn't sure what I was doing, and afraid I would kill the whole thing, so I only did half. Does it look weird? Yes!

    Carol in Jacksonville

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Carol, I'm sorry I didn't see your post.

    Yes, I think the Allamanda is Cherries. Most people have the yellow variety which is why I wanted to get the Cherrie.

    Not sure what you did with your Gardenia, but I just cut mine back with hedge trimmers. I see people growing them as hedges so I don't worry about cutting them back hard.

    Mine is ready for its annual trim. I waited for it to finish flowering. So I will cut it in the next two weeks. These shrubs grow so fast, I don't worry about it.

    I'll post a photo I took today.

    Jane

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  • 9 years ago

    I'm a prefer-pink girl so I LOVE your version of allamanda! If I could find a cherries jubilee in the same "way" that you did, I'd be all over it. :)

    Thanks for the info and photo of your gardenia. Yours is just beautiful! Pretty sure the biggest problem with mine is the lack of sun. It is in a location that was once mostly sunny, but as my trees have grown....well....

    I cut back about half of the branches and I cut them back their length by about one-third. I did it right after blooming was complete. Blooming was fairly weak - but more than you'd expect, given where it grows. I was afraid to lop off all of the branches until I see that it puts on new growth on the ones that were cut. I think I ultimately need to relocate it to more sun and I know where that will be. I will do it in the fall.

    Here's a photo of the struggling gal (before the pruning)... very hard to see, I realize. It's hard to get a picture of mostly branches, LOL.


    Not really the same as yours, right?! :)

    Carol

  • 9 years ago

    You are right. Maybe too much shade. They are sun lovers. The pruning should help but without sun, not too sure.

    Is that tree right next to it something you need to keep? Maybe cut it down or at least prune it to let in more sun?

    Mine is in full sun from morning till night. No shade. I didn't plant it. I do cut it back hard because it is taking over my small flower bed. Keeps getting wider!

    I would be happy to send you a cutting of my Allamander if I knew how to do it. Do you think it would survive 3 days without water? I could wrap the cutting in wet paper towels.

    If you have an idea, I'll send you a piece. I could pot it and root it and send it that way. But, that will take time.

    Either way, no problem. Let me know your thoughts?

    Love your Broms! I have a few never thought about mosquitoes.

    Jane

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