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Best White Flowering Tropical Looking Vine for Very Hot Cement Wall- HELP

LoraneLorane Posts: 1
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I am trying to disguise a fake rock waterfall with some kind of vine that looks great while tolerating the heat coming from the cement rocks it’s laying upon. I have tried trumpet vines and they failed. Every vine I look at has a disagreeable feature. 
Im in S. California. Hi everyone 🌞

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  • jblockhartjblockhart Posts: 32
    What about trachelospermum jasminoides or jasminum (jasmine)?
    James
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Welcome. 
    Most of this site is UK based so suggestions are for the British climate but there are some who garden in more warmer parts so I am sure they will be able to help.
  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553
    • Hardenbergia 'White Out'
    • Petrea volubilis var. albiflora(Queen's Wreath)
    • White Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit); if you can't find the plant, it is easy to grow them from seed
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    If it killed off a trumpet vine, then it must be a difficult space.  Could you run some chicken wire over the stone, held out a few inches to keep the plant off the stone?  It will allow air to circulate and keep the plant a bit cooler, I would hope.. and once it's covered, you won't notice the wire at all.  Painting the stone white would help too.  

    Could you post a picture for us?
    Utah, USA.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Not a vine, but what about a white Bougainvillea?

    Billericay - Essex

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    How big an area of rock do you need to cover?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    White bougainvillea?
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    White passion flower? I think they are called 'constance elliot'. 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Hi Lorane,

    I have stone walls, facing south, so they suck in all the heat during the day and can fry plants in direct contact. My climbing roses that are trained ‘against’ them are held a few inches off the stone with sturdy wooden stakes/branches cut to size. So I agree with Blue Onion, make the fake waterfall structure itself cooler with paint, trellis etc. A metal wire support will also get very hot until whatever you plant smothers it, so wood would be better if that is possible, although obviously less bendy and trickier to fit to a freeform shape. Combine this with keeping the roots shaded (maybe with a  ground cover plant at the base?), mulch thickly and water well. You should be able to grow a trumpet vine if you do this.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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