As we finish the lower level bathroom and tile the utility room (my first time!!), it feels as though we could actually live in the house if we had to (if our current home sold, for example). We decided to pay some attention to the entrance of the house on the ground, this time, rather than the cedar posts and roof. I planted some evening primrose, blanket flowers, balloon plants and pink nancy to establish a few perennials this year. We also wanted to find a plant to grow up the outside column and add color and shade to the front porch overhang.
At our current house, we have a two year established wisteria that we considered splitting and moving. When Sensei nixed that idea, I tried to find some local nurseries with wisteria for sale. Wrong time of year. (Guess it's a spring/fall thing.). Then, as we really considered the solidity of the portico, we began to rethink the wispiness of the wisteria.
Our neighbors have a wonderful patio with what looked like a thin twisted trunk tree that had beautiful green oval leaves and big orange flowers. We suspected it was a trumpet vine of some tree-like variety but could not find anything online to confirm our suspicions. Finally, I stopped by when our neighbor was outside and asked her. Sure enough, it's a trumpet vine. Pure and simple.
She claimed that it just grew up that way all by itself, mentioning that it is messy, since the big flowers plop down on her deck, but are easily swept away due to their size. When she added that hummingbirds love them, I was hooked. Sensei had found a plant at the Asheville farmer's market, so he brought it home and we planted it next to the post so that it could begin to settle in this year. Since he is recovering from foot surgery, the plant will have 3-4 weeks of peace before we return to disturb the quiet of our new space.
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