Jade Vine

Someone last year was interested in some Jade Vine seeds. You sent me a message and I lost your contact information, sorry. If you see this please PM me.

thanks

Allen

Both the Blue Jade and the Red Jade are beautiful flowering big vines. Just went out today and noticed these flowering in the garden. Lei makers make a very beautiful LEI out of the blue/green flowers.

great pictures Al

I have seen the leis made with the Jade Blooms the are beautiful. Here are a couple pictures of my Jade blooms. This year I noticed something I have never noticed before. There is something coming out of a few of the blooms. I am sure there is a very scientific name but I will call it white fuzz or hairlike. Last year I did get a lot of seeds from this vine and am wondering if this has anything to do with that.

Will be on the Big Island in 3 weeks, have not been there in many years. Looking forward to a return visit.

Allen

Both the Blue Jade and the Red Jade are beautiful flowering big vines. Just went out today and noticed these flowering in the garden. Lei makers make a very beautiful LEI out of the blue/green flowers.

VERY pretty and VERY messy! We had a blue jade vine climbing all over one of our Ohi'a trees. The mess drove my wife crazy. We ended cutting down the whole tree.....

Hi Bo,

We are talking about the same vine? I'm surprise to hear that Carol considered it so messy. Mine is growing on a self-supported structure, it's very full and we love it. But I would never consider it messy. It drops very few leaves. The flowers, that's a different story, but that's why we grow them. I wonder if the difference in our climates causes this.

Jeff

Jeff,

I have to agree that it is very messy but worth the mess. Mine drops A LOT of leaves all year long. Maybe I am doing something wrong but also doing something right because of the flowers I get and so many seeds alst year.

Allen

Hi Bo,

We are talking about the same vine? I'm surprise to hear that Carol considered it so messy. Mine is growing on a self-supported structure, it's very full and we love it. But I would never consider it messy. It drops very few leaves. The flowers, that's a different story, but that's why we grow them. I wonder if the difference in our climates causes this.

Jeff

Al,

I was going to have a bumper crop of flower spikes this year, maybe as many as 100 on our plant. But thanks to the cold weather we had in middle Febuary, they all dropped off. But now we have another flush of flowers out, but quite a few fewer. Either way, it's one of the nicest vines in the world.

Jeff

Al,

I was going to have a bumper crop of flower spikes this year, maybe as many as 100 on our plant. But thanks to the cold weather we had in middle Febuary, they all dropped off. But now we have another flush of flowers out, but quite a few fewer. Either way, it's one of the nicest vines in the world.

Jeff

I would agree with you Jeff, it is a beautiful vine and the unique color of the flowers and the way they hang down in racemes! Probably not a good idea to place it over a driveway, however, unless blowing or raking the dropped flowers and leaves is not a problem for you. Grow it where the spent flowers and leaves can fall and serve as a mulch to enrich the soil. I've been told that here in Hawaii, Lei makers will even buy the flowers from you.

I just planted one to try out here in a very protected spot. I am starting a new topic on 2 related vines I also planted nearby; Mucuna cyclocarpa, Purple Jade Vine and Mucuna nigricans, Black Jade Vine

Ahhh the messiness quotient!

As a landscape designer in southern California some of my colleagues and I tirelessly promoted the PR-positive term 'elegant litter' to replace the term 'sticky mess' when referring to the carpeting effect of petals on lawns, driveways and streets . Often just using the right words will soothe a client.

(e.g. jacarandas, tabebuias, wisterias, and all manner of deciduous trees, especially ginkgoes!)