Vines and Climbers Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:32:13 +0000 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:32:13 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/vines-and-climbers.232/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:24:00 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/best-way-to-kill-wisteria.18414/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/best-way-to-kill-wisteria.18414/ invalid@example.com (benchris123) benchris123 Best way to kill Wisteria?

I built a deck in my backyard about a year ago. Last week one wisteria shoot sprung up through the deck boards. I can't tell you how depressed I got because I know from experience how hard wisteria is to remove and how much it can get out of control. Here is the bigger problem: I cannot physically get under the deck to the source (I'm not even sure where the source is!) The 1/4" - 1/2 " space between the deck boards is my only access to the ground...

Best way to kill Wisteria]]> 8 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:00:03 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/growing-tropaeolum-speciosum-from-seed.23815/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/growing-tropaeolum-speciosum-from-seed.23815/ invalid@example.com (dehor) dehor Tropaeolum speciosum Flame Flower , and can you tell me precisely how you did it? Step by step?

Thanks in advance,

Deborah
Maple Ridge, BC]]> 23 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 13:28:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/trumpet-vine.5740/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/trumpet-vine.5740/ invalid@example.com (jar) jar 38 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:43:26 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/vine-fruit-identification.55623/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/vine-fruit-identification.55623/ invalid@example.com (tg550) tg550
View attachment 68027]]> 2 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:35:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/kill-wisteria.19013/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/kill-wisteria.19013/ invalid@example.com (mtaylor) mtaylor Milton]]> 15 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:25:13 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/does-boston-ivy-cling-to-metal.58131/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/does-boston-ivy-cling-to-metal.58131/ invalid@example.com (zakthesnipper) zakthesnipper
I plan to cover "corrugated iron" clad shed walls with this Boston Ivy, and would like to know if the vine will cling to these metal walls all by itself?

I will attach some horizontal wires to support the weight later on. Thank you for any and all advice!]]> 11 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:10:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clerodendrum-thomsoniae-bleeding-heart-why-dont-i-have-more-blooms.43997/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clerodendrum-thomsoniae-bleeding-heart-why-dont-i-have-more-blooms.43997/ invalid@example.com (CandeeKis) CandeeKis
Clerodendrum Thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart) Why Don't I Have More Blooms?]]> 4 Sat, 14 May 2011 18:15:25 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clipping-wisteria.12956/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clipping-wisteria.12956/ invalid@example.com (brendasarah03) brendasarah03 6 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:24:04 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/whats-killing-my-wisteria.43013/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/whats-killing-my-wisteria.43013/ invalid@example.com (ohsam) ohsam
Over the last 16 years one of the wisteria vines has been trained into a small tree.
The plant was watered and looked "normal". Then something happened over the August long weekend - between Saturday AM & Monday evening, all the leaves curled up and dried out and have now have fallen off. It looked like a house plant that had not been watered. Since I know that is not the case,...

What's killing my Wisteria]]> 6 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:25:38 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/chinese-wolfberry.60324/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/chinese-wolfberry.60324/ invalid@example.com (hirundine) hirundine 3 Sat, 29 May 2010 22:43:31 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wisteria.19829/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/wisteria.19829/ invalid@example.com (retired) retired 20 Mon, 10 May 2010 15:27:12 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/dispelling-some-myths-about-wisteria.25944/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/dispelling-some-myths-about-wisteria.25944/ invalid@example.com (Weekend Gardener) Weekend Gardener
To start off with - flowering:
1. How long does it take to...

Dispelling some myths about Wisteria]]> 9 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:09 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/diff-between-hedera-colchica-dentata-variegata-hedera-canariensis-gloire-de-marengo.59788/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/diff-between-hedera-colchica-dentata-variegata-hedera-canariensis-gloire-de-marengo.59788/ invalid@example.com (Milan) Milan - hedera colchica Dentata Variegata
- hedera canariensis Gloire de Marengo
The both look alike. However, the second one is not supposed to survive hard frost. I live in Prague, Czech Rep., which is zone 7 (6b) and I saw a beautiful plant there which looks rather like Gloire de Marengo, or is it the first one? Can anyone...

Diff between Hedera colchica Dentata Variegata - hedera canariensis Gloire de Marengo]]> 7 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:11:13 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/stephanotis.57610/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/stephanotis.57610/ invalid@example.com (shirleekapella) shirleekapella 1 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:44:20 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clematis-chiisanensis-lemon-bells.60153/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/clematis-chiisanensis-lemon-bells.60153/ invalid@example.com (PBees) PBees
Also, my neighbour brought over 3 assorted clematis in pots. I will not have a place to plant them until the spring - is it OK to keep them in pots in...

Clematis chiisanensis 'Lemon Bells']]> 2 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:49:55 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maypop.60375/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maypop.60375/ invalid@example.com (cucurbits) cucurbits 10 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:58:18 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/is-bougainvillia-invasive.60307/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/is-bougainvillia-invasive.60307/ invalid@example.com (William Cutler) William Cutler
William Cutler]]> 3 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:59:44 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/age-wisteria-vote-your-guess.30637/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/age-wisteria-vote-your-guess.30637/ invalid@example.com (M. D. Vaden) M. D. Vaden
It's said by some to be a 100 years old. Others say its more like 40 or 50 years old.

The pruning was a task. The tree service that was doing it, left deadwood up to 3" in diameter, so decayed that it could be squeezed like a sponge. And no thinning. Primarily "hacking-back".

This vine is going to take years to restore decently. Last winter was mainly cleaning deadwood, light thinning and removing big branches so...

Age ?? Wisteria. Vote your guess !!]]> 26 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:16:26 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pod-less-wisteria.59375/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pod-less-wisteria.59375/ invalid@example.com (forakermm) forakermm
Pod-less Wisteria?]]> 4 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:27:17 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/bizarre-situation-20-foot-passiflora-vine-on-life-support.58106/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/bizarre-situation-20-foot-passiflora-vine-on-life-support.58106/ invalid@example.com (jpasquini) jpasquini
Forgive the long story. I purchased the Passiflora Incensa from Logee's in the spring, not only because of the huge cool flowers but because I wanted to use the fruit.

Unfortunately, the vine grew like "a vine"....all the way up the side of the chimney all year long, till it reached the top. Yet not a bud or flower in sight.
I had the same thing happen before- bought a Passiflora from same company, had it two years straight (brought it in in the winter), not a...

Bizarre situation- 20 foot Passiflora Vine (on life support!)]]> 15 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:30 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/advice-wanted-good-climber-for-shady-area.58741/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/advice-wanted-good-climber-for-shady-area.58741/ invalid@example.com (SvenLittkowski) SvenLittkowski Hi.

I have a large apartment, and quite a lot of good light (plenty energy-saving 140 W light bulbs). I also got already some metal mesh, and fixed it at a side of my apartment.

I am looking for some advice now. I want some plant names of plants which are fantastic climbers, and which is accepting shady areas (well, not so shady at all, since i can use plenty light). Is Passiflora suitable?

Thanks!]]> 6 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:43:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/honeysuckle-clematis.58821/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/honeysuckle-clematis.58821/ invalid@example.com (gary ogden) gary ogden tks]]> 1 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:08 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/actinidia-kolomitka.58755/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/actinidia-kolomitka.58755/ invalid@example.com (Charles Richard) Charles Richard Has anyone had experience with this. They seem to be very vigorous.
Any info. appreciated.]]> 3 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:58:00 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pruning-wisteria.58484/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pruning-wisteria.58484/ invalid@example.com (Karsing) Karsing Thanks,]]> 3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:47:42 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/climbing-hydrangea.58333/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/climbing-hydrangea.58333/ invalid@example.com (starzoe) starzoe 2