Actual size and flowering may vary slightly based on season.
Bower Vine Espalier
Bower Vine Espalier is an evergreen twining vine started flat, ready to spread across a wall or fence. Pale pink trumpet flowers with dark pink throats bloom from about April into October, heaviest in spring and fall. Its glossy leaves stay green all year. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees visit the flowers.
Best for: an evergreen, flowering cover for a wall with afternoon shade, a patio fence, and hummingbird gardens.
Pale pink trumpets with dark pink throats bloom from about April into October. Trained flat, it dresses a wall or patio fence for most of the year.
Its glossy leaves stay green through a normal Valley winter. Left unpruned it can spread about 20 feet, so trim it to the space you want covered.
It blooms most in full sun but does best with some afternoon shade in the Valley. An east wall or a patio fence with late-day shade suits it.
Established plants take about 25°F, but young plants need frost cover. It needs steady water through the warm months.
- Along a wall or fence6-8 ft apart
- Long screen6 ft apart
Set wires or a trellis a few inches off the wall and guide the twining stems along it. Tie them in with soft tape while young, and trim stems that head straight out.
Water every 3 to 4 days at first, easing to every 10 to 14 days by the second month. Once rooted, water every 7 to 10 days in summer and every 2 to 3 weeks in winter.
Prune in early spring to clear cold damage and dead stems. Shape it lightly after each bloom cycle to keep it flat.
Established plants take about 25°F. Cover young plants on freeze nights; a hard freeze can take it to the ground before it regrows.
Drainage test first. Dig the hole and fill it with water. If water is still sitting in the hole a day later, you likely hit caliche, clay or hard soil, so fix the drainage before planting. If it drains very fast, the soil is sandy. Standing water around roots is a common reason new plants fail.
Weed cloth. Cut it away from the planting hole and where the roots will spread. Remove any plastic sheeting completely, since it keeps water and air out of the soil.
Rock or decomposed granite with no soil underneath. Bring in soil close in texture to your native soil, mix it with the soil below, and build up enough depth for roots before planting.
If you can break through. Use a breaker bar, pick, or jackhammer. Dig through the caliche and break out the solid chunks. Backfill with the soil you dug out, with no compost or manure in the hole. Confirm drainage before planting.
If you cannot break through. Dig narrow holes through the hard layer beside the root ball, not under it, and refill them with the same soil, not gravel. If it still will not drain, plant on a low mound of the same soil.
Root ball. Check the outside edges for any roots circling around. Loosen or cut those so they grow outward. Do not break up the center of the root ball.
Depth. The top of the root ball should sit at or just slightly above the surrounding soil level. Planting too deep can lead to rot and kill the plant.
Drip emitters. At planting, put the emitters on the root ball, on different sides of the plant. After about 2 months, move them to the outer edge of the root ball. Over the first year, add emitters farther out toward the edge of the branches as roots grow. Once a plant is rooted, never water only at the trunk.
How do I train bower vine flat?
It twines rather than clings, so give it wires or a trellis a few inches off the wall. Tie young stems in with soft tape and guide them along the support.
When does it bloom in Phoenix?
From about April into October, heaviest in spring and again in fall.
Does it need shade?
It blooms most in full sun, but in the Valley it does best with some afternoon shade. An east wall is a good spot.
How often should I water it?
Once rooted, water every 7 to 10 days in summer, every 10 to 14 days in spring and fall, and every 14 to 21 days in winter.
How cold hardy is it?
Established plants take about 25°F. Cover young plants on freeze nights and plant it in a protected spot.
When should I prune it?
Prune in early spring to clear cold damage and dead stems, and lightly shape it after each bloom cycle.
Does it attract hummingbirds?
Yes. Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees visit the flowers, so plant it where you can watch.
How big does it get?
Left alone it can reach about 20 feet tall and wide. As an espalier you trim it to the size of your wall.
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Bower Vine Espalier is Pandorea jasminoides started flat for a wall or fence. Below: training, bloom, sun, water, frost and pruning.
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Bower vine espalier on a wall
Give the twining stems wires or a trellis a few inches off the wall and tie them in as they grow.
When does bower vine bloom in Phoenix?
From about April into October, with the heaviest bloom in spring and fall.
Bower vine sun or shade?
It blooms most in full sun but does best with some afternoon shade in the Valley.
Watering bower vine
Every 7 to 10 days in summer and every 2 to 3 weeks in winter once rooted.
Is bower vine frost hardy?
Established plants take about 25°F; young plants need cover on freeze nights.
Pruning bower vine
In early spring for cold damage, then lightly after each bloom cycle.
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