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Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: July 29th, 2013, 2:49 pm
by Hamad Ahmed Kisana
| Botanical Name | Pyrostegia venusta |
| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus | Pyrostegia |
| Specie | venusta |
| Common Name | Flame Vine, Golden Shower, Orange Trumpet Creeper |
| Life Cycle | Tropicals and Tender Perennials |
| Fragrant or Not | no |
| Category(Bush/Vine/Tree) | vine |
| Height | 30-40 ft. |
| Spacing | spreading |
| Flowering Months | spring |
| Flower Color | Gold (Yellow-Orange) |
| Growing Areas | All hot areas of Pakistan |
| Frost Tender | yes |
| Exposure | full sun |
| Soil pH | tolerant |
| Propagation | From semi-hardwood cuttings |
| Uses | ornamental vine |
| Other Details | Handsome and beautiful in both flower and foliage, flame vine blooms with vivid orange flowers that look tremendous against a crisp, blue winter sky. A vigorous evergreen vine, it is native to South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Its satin-glossy, dark-green leaves are trifoliate, having three small leaflets. Each is oval to tear-drop shaped.Depending on temperature and climate, anytime from midwinter to early spring the flame vine lives up to its name with bright-orange, orange-red or golden-orange blossoms. Appearing in tight clusters, the many trumpet-shaped, slender flowers are found at stem tips and leaf nodes, usually "facing" outward from the foliage toward the sunlight. The entire vine is draped in fiery orange, truly a sight to delight a gardener.Grow flame vine in full sun and any reasonably rich, well-drained soil, including those of high alkalinity.Prune this vine back sharply after it has completed its annual flowering to keep it tamed as well as to promote heavy flowering the following year. |
images courtesy brig Muhammad Arif Khan.
images courtesy Munir sb.
Re: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: July 29th, 2013, 8:58 pm
by Mustansir Billah
Hmmm... Very common in Karachi
Re: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: July 30th, 2013, 7:58 am
by M Farooq
Mustansir Billah wrote:Hmmm... Very common in Karachi
Are you sure about this particular vine? I believe you are mixing it with Mexican flame vine which looks exactly the same from far away. See the entry for
Senecio confusus. I don't recall seeing "Golden shower" anywhere in Karachi.
Re: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: July 30th, 2013, 10:50 am
by Mustansir Billah
As far as I know I have seen it in PECHS and also somewhere in Gulshan e Iqbal.
Re: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 4th, 2014, 4:55 pm
by M Farooq
More pictures from Brig. Arif Sahab, showing the spectacular view of the flame vine:
Re: Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 4th, 2014, 5:21 pm
by Izhar
Where Mustansir?? i have yet to see this vine in Karachi...
Re: Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 4th, 2014, 6:26 pm
by farah fayyaz
What is the season of growing this vine
Re: Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 4th, 2014, 7:00 pm
by M Farooq
farah fayyaz wrote:What is the season of growing this vine
It is not a seasonal plant like the marigold etc. If a nursery is selling it, buy and plant it in the ground.
Re: Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 4th, 2014, 10:05 pm
by farah fayyaz
ok i will replace jhumka bail with it
Re: Plant Profile: Pyrostegia venusta (Golden Shower)
Posted: February 5th, 2014, 8:52 am
by Muhammad Arif Khan
farah fayyaz wrote:ok i will replace jhumka bail with it
Dont do that if you have double Jhumka bail, Double Quis qualis has as pretty flowers and blooms three to four time in a year.
Quis Qualis Double
A
