[gardengirl]

**lavender trumpet vine **

?? Too cool! We have red and orange here on the east coast, but no lavender that I know of!

One of y’all’s pics the other day had lilacs and citrus growing side by side—I’m jealous! Too hot here for lilacs, and too cold for citrus. There is one lilac at the post office, but it only blooms for about 2 days and it downs’t smell much. I’ve tried them here, and they only live a year or two and then die. Lots of funguses and diseases get on them.

[Mama_Bear]

This is 'Clytostoma callistegioides'
Lavender Trumpet Vine



It grows well in So. Ca., but seems to be hard to find in the nurseries, for some reason. And I have no idea why it is selling for so much on those websites. It's just a vine.

One of y’all’s pics the other day had lilacs and citrus growing side by side—I’m jealous!

That was mine. Yes, I love our weather and the variety of things we can grow here. There are many reasons NOT to like California, but in many ways it's still a good place to live. If it weren't for the liberals who have ruined this state, it would be a GREAT place to live. They haven't managed to screw up the weather here, but, don'tcha know, they would if they could. LOL