What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?
💮 Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is a true garden gem, blooming year-round to bring constant beauty to your outdoor space.
💮 This cute bush can be also shaped into a small tree.
💮 It looks beautiful beneath palms or trees.
💮 Blooms year-round with pretty, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers.
💮 Needs bright light for profuse blooming, but can tolerate shade conditions.
Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine has unusual royal purple flowers. The dark violet blooms appear closely pushed together in grape like clusters, up to 1 ft long and 6"in diameter.
The seeds known as mucuna beans or Nescafe and used as a coffee substitute.
It has been used for generations in India as a medicinal plant.
Very vigorous woody tree creeper - during warmer weather this vine can grow 2 feet a day!
🕰 Vibrant yellow flowers with a dark mauve border, of a unique, eye-catching shape.
🕰 Supposedly, it is called the Clock Vine because the flowers hang down in a regular, clock-like pattern around the vine. This consistent and orderly arrangement of the blooms resembles the numbers on a clock face, giving the plant its charming and unique name. Do you see it in the flower?
🕰 The blooms hang in cascading clusters, creating a spectacular display that can beautifully drape over a trellis or pagoda.
🕰 Attaracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
🕰 Though it's one of the most popular species among garden enthusiasts, its rarity adds an element of exclusivity to any garden lucky enough to host it.
🐙 The faintly fragrant flowers have long, slender, and curly petals that resemble the snakes on Medusa's head from Greek mythology, giving it the nickname "Medusa Flower." The petals often extend and twist dramatically, creating an eye-catching appearance. The tips of the petals become narrowed and elongated, forming a twisting, sticky string that dangles down from the flower and touches lower leaves.
🐙 The flowers are brightly colored, often in shades of white, yellow, and red, which can attract pollinators and add to their striking visual appeal.
🐙 As suggested by another common name "Poison Arrow Vine," parts of the plant contain toxic compounds. Historically, the seeds were used by some African tribes to poison the tips of arrows for hunting. This gives the plant a certain mystique...
🐙 Interesting pollination mechanism: the elaborate design of the flowers is not just for show; it plays a role in the plant's pollination strategy. The intricate structure can help ensure that pollinators come into contact with the reproductive parts of the flower, thereby facilitating cross-pollination.
🐙 Blooms almost year around
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Mucuna sloanei - Yellow Jade Vine or Hamburger Bean
Mucuna sloanei - Yellow Jade Vine or Hamburger Bean seeds
Mucuna sloanei - Yellow Jade Vine or Hamburger Bean flower
🍔 Hamburger Bean: how to cover a fence fast with an exotic vine: Jade Vine here.
🟡 Mucuna sloanei- Yellow Jade Vine or Hamburger Bean. You saw the Sea-Green Jade vine in our earlier post. This one is lemon yellow.
🟡 It is much more hardier than the Sea-Green variety and is super fast growing!
🟡 This is a high-climbing woody vine native to rain forests of South America.
🟡 It has long, rope-like stalks hanging below the forest canopy where night-flying bats can easily access the fragrant blossoms.
🟡 The name Brown Hamburger Bean is because of the beautiful seeds (looking like little hamburgers) that are often collected and polished by natives and made into lovely necklaces and bracelets.
