Posted by Steve Wachtel on April 15, 2006 at 10:12 PM
Since I'm a Southeast Noober... anyone know what this vine flower is? Thought it was kinda cool... so I tried to snap a couple today. I fear that it's probably a common house vine, but it was convenient (growing over the fence at my apt complex) and I had nothing better to putter with.
Again... please forgive my pathetic P-Shop skills (or lack there-of, really)... it was a quick load and tweek.
Thank 'e
Posted by Leann Greene on April 15, 2006 at 11:10 PM
It may be a Trumpet Vine-if so you could get humming birds all over it.
I think this is Bignonia capreolata commonly known as Crossvine. Your picture shows mostly early leaf development but the blooms looking straight on look very much like Crossvine. You might Google Crossvine and see if it matches your vine and flowers.
Believe the name comes from the fact if you cut the woody stem part the cross section will have a cross showing in it.
Posted by jeff miller on April 17, 2006 at 9:03 AM
Also heard this called Trumpet creeper...but I didn't realize it bloomed this early. Was this recent shot? Jeff
Posted by Steve Wachtel on April 17, 2006 at 10:25 AM
Thanks, Mike and Leann... looks like a "crossvine".
Jeff: Taken on Saturday here in Columbia (SC midlands - it's been warm, so that may explain an early bloom - in fact it's on its way out already). Sorry I didn't notice it when it was in full bloom.
Kinda cool plant... pretty much wrapped and twined all over the trees in the area I shot it. Rather massive.
So... is that a more or less "wildflower" thingy, or a common yard planting thing? On the web it implies people plant them, but that its a native species also... the one I shot would not have been planted on purpose.
Hey Steve, nice shot of crossvine. It is a native woody vine that can be found in both upland sites and bottomlands adjacent to swamps. A very cool flower that has made it to the cover of "Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast," by Leonard E. Foote and Samuel B. Jones, Jr.
I haven't found the flowers within reach to photograph for a couple of decades! They are usually high up in trees and out-of-reach. Lucky you!
Cool... they were growing over the fence at my apt. complex, hanging down from some fairly tall trees. Looks like they would be fairly prolific if one caught them at peak.
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6 repliesAgain... please forgive my pathetic P-Shop skills (or lack there-of, really)... it was a quick load and tweek.
Thank 'e
I think this is Bignonia capreolata commonly known as Crossvine. Your picture shows mostly early leaf development but the blooms looking straight on look very much like Crossvine. You might Google Crossvine and see if it matches your vine and flowers.
Believe the name comes from the fact if you cut the woody stem part the cross section will have a cross showing in it.
Jeff: Taken on Saturday here in Columbia (SC midlands - it's been warm, so that may explain an early bloom - in fact it's on its way out already). Sorry I didn't notice it when it was in full bloom.
Kinda cool plant... pretty much wrapped and twined all over the trees in the area I shot it. Rather massive.
So... is that a more or less "wildflower" thingy, or a common yard planting thing? On the web it implies people plant them, but that its a native species also... the one I shot would not have been planted on purpose.
I haven't found the flowers within reach to photograph for a couple of decades! They are usually high up in trees and out-of-reach. Lucky you!
Best, Don
Thanks for the info.