which are the best "curtains" ?

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  1. miraflores

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    [size=large]Which are the best climbers with a "curtain effect" if left unsupported?[/size]
     
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    :scratch: OK Miraflores I am confused... Are you going to plant them on top of something to hang down or what..??
    My friend in Jamaica has a big Bleeding Heart vine & a Grenadilla planted on her top balcony & it hangs like a cascading curtain down the wall & over the patio doors down to the patio below.... :thumbsup: The mix of the 2 is wonderful..

    Grenadilla.. Passiflora quadrangulari

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    Bleeding Heart Vine.. Clerodendrum thomsonai

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    [size=large]Yes, that's what I meant, having them hanging down from a structure...wow they must look wonderful these two flowers together.[/size]
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Marley the passion flower looks good.

    Any passion flower would be my choice as they all tend to flower better on the way down rather than on their way up.
     
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    :thumbsup: Gosh yes you are right Pete never really thought about that in this situation,it would be good, It keeps growing & flowering, but it is a real beauty isn't it... :D
    Yes Miraflores they do make a wonderful combination.. She cuts it back sometimes if it gets ravaged by the storms but it soon comes back...... She has another local pink vine in it now that has self seeded.. I will find out what it is as I have some seeds to try... :WINK1: :WINK1:
     
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