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OldWrangler
Spring, TX
January 3, 2013 12:37 PM Post #9374322
| This seems to be a native vine but I can't find it in any of my books. Y'all are always so good at plant ID. Maybe you can help. These are long vines growing in full sun. When a leaf is removed the plant "bleeds" a white , sticky liquid very much like a Ficus does when cut. The pictures show a full vine, leaf arrangement and a close up of both sides of the leaf.
I can't tell if it has ever flowered as there are no dead buds, flowers or berries.This probably an easy one but I can't find it...what do you think.
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tlm1
Jacksonville, FL (Zone 9a)
January 3, 2013 12:50 PM Post #9374327
| Could it be Confederate Jasmine? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55230/ |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
 January 3, 2013 1:02 PM Post #9374343
| huh, never heard it called that. I agree with tlm1. Trachelospermum jasminoides |
OldWrangler
Spring, TX
January 3, 2013 1:45 PM Post #9374389
| I went to the website on Confederate jasmine and while it resemles my plant, the leaves are all longer and more pointed. There doesn't seem to have any remnant of flowers. No seed pods, no dry flowers and no berries. I'm gonna consider it as Confederate jasmine until someone thinks it is something else. Thanks for your help. |
Vestia
San Francisco, CA
January 3, 2013 2:15 PM Post #9374422
| Huh, indeed. It is native to China. I will always call it "star jasmine".
OldWrangler: there are many leaf forms - I used to have a collection of about 10 types - yours looks like one I had.
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OldWrangler
Spring, TX
January 3, 2013 3:47 PM Post #9374509
| Well, there it is, now officially a Confederate Jasmine. Thanks to all of you. |
tlm1
Jacksonville, FL (Zone 9a)
January 3, 2013 3:51 PM Post #9374511
| It does look like one that I had. The one in your pictures appears to be quite young. Also, I never noticed any berries on mine either. Even after flowering. |
tlm1
Jacksonville, FL (Zone 9a)
January 3, 2013 3:52 PM Post #9374512
| Glad you could confirm it…. :-) |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA (Zone 9a)
January 3, 2013 5:45 PM Post #9374630
| There's oodles of star/confederate jasmine growing around here and I don't believe I've ever seen a berry/seed/etc on it in my garden or anyone else's. Plenty of flowers in the summer, but once they fade it's just the leaves again. |
Diana_K
Contra Costa County, CA (Zone 9b)
January 3, 2013 9:30 PM Post #9374807
| Fruit of Trachelopspermum jasminoindes is pretty rare, but look for a pod several inches long, but not even 1/2" diameter. A bit thicker than 1/4", though.
Mine (zone 9b) flowers a LOT in April, then scattered flowers through the summer. I have known it for over 20 years, and only seen a couple of fruits in all that time.
Very popular landscape plant here. |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
January 5, 2013 10:56 PM Post #9376838
| We Have a vine that blooms early in spring- I have yet to chase it into a picture, and have no clue past a common name. It has a yellow flower and they call it a cancer vine... Anyone know what that vine is, or looks like? |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
January 5, 2013 11:02 PM Post #9376839
| kittriana, best way to id your plant is to take some pics of the leaves, open a new thread and we'll work on an id.
OldWrangler, I take it you're satisfied with the ID? If so, would you mind closing this thread? Thanks |
kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
January 5, 2013 11:08 PM Post #9376840
| reason I ask, is that the vine will be alive now where Ol Wrangler lives, but nondescript. I have NEVER heard of this vine by any other name, I wish I were home to find this one, wistful, It climbs the trees and is one of the first colors of spring. His may not be a confederate jasmine, not if he sees a native growing... Ah well, he never closes threads to my knowledge- |
