By Cris | | Vegetation
A dainty vine.
- Cypress vines are also known as ‘morning glories’, ‘star glories’, ‘cupid flower’s’ ‘cardinal creepers’, ‘cardinal vines’, and ‘hummingbird vines’.
- Cypress vines are from the family Convolvulaceae, the family of morning glories, and thescientific name of Cypress vine is ‘Ipomoea quamocl*t’.
- Cypress vines are native to Central America, the northern tropics of South America and Mexico.
- Cypress vines are perennial vines, though they are usually grown as annuals as they do not generally survive cold winters since the vine does not tolerate the cold very well.
- Cypress vines grow from 1 to 9 meters (3 to 30 feet) high, and usually need a vertical support to grown on.
- Cypress vines have a trumpet like flower, which can be red, pink or white in colour, which grows to 3 to 4 cm (1 to 1.5 inches) long.
- Cypress vines can be an invasive pest and are an environmental weed in some parts of Australia and other warm temperature areas in the world.
- Cypress vines have green ferny leaves that grow to become 2 to 9 cm (0.8 to 3.5 inches) in length, and allparts of the plant are poisonous.
- Cypress vines attract butterflies, bees and birds, most notably hummingbirds.
- Cypress vine flowers usually bloom from late spring, through summer and autumn, and are easily grown from seed.
Bibliography:
Ipomoea Quamocl*t, 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_quamocl*t>
PlantFiles: Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine, Ipomoea Quamocl*t, 2013, Dave’s Garden, <http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/93/>
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Robin vereb says:My Cypress, Vine is BEAUTIFUL and Green, But no FLOWERS WHAT’S THE PROBLEM??
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