Cypress Vine

A dainty vine.

  • Cypress vines are also known as ‘morning glories’, ‘star glories’, ‘cupid flower’s’  ‘cardinal creepers’, ‘cardinal vines’, and ‘hummingbird vines’.
  • Cypress vines are from the family Convolvulaceae, the family of morning glories, and the scientific name of Cypress vine is ‘Ipomoea quamoclit’.
  • Cypress vines are native to Central America, the northern tropics of South America and Mexico.
  • Cypress vines are perennial vines, though they are usually grown as annuals as they do not generally survive cold winters since the vine does not tolerate the cold very well.
  • Cypress vines grow from 1 to 9 meters (3 to 30 feet) high, and usually need a vertical support to grown on.

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  • Cypress vines have a trumpet like flower, which can be red, pink or white in colour, which grows to 3 to 4 cm (1 to 1.5 inches) long.
  • Cypress vines can be an invasive pest and are an environmental weed in some parts of Australia and other warm temperature areas in the world.
  • Cypress vines have green ferny leaves that grow to become 2 to 9 cm (0.8 to 3.5 inches) in length, and all parts of the plant are poisonous.
  • Cypress vines attract butterflies, bees and birds, most notably hummingbirds.
  • Cypress vine flowers usually bloom from late spring, through summer and autumn, and are easily grown from seed.
Bibliography:
Ipomoea Quamoclit, 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_quamoclit>
PlantFiles: Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine, Ipomoea Quamoclit, 2013, Dave’s Garden, <http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/93/>
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7 Responses to Cypress Vine

  1. Orian says:

    Thanks for the facts it really helped with my project.

  2. Robin vereb says:

    My Cypress, Vine is BEAUTIFUL and Green, But no FLOWERS WHAT’S THE PROBLEM??

  3. Jacqueline says:

    Cypress vines over took my garden last year. I pull it all up. I was hoping that the freeze would take any residual out. Unfortunately, I find seedling to pull up on a daily basis. I’m assuming these plants are from last years seeds.

  4. Sharon Comeau says:

    I planted the lovely little flowers this spring and am very pleased everylne who comes over just loves them we had a lot of blooms but not at one time. So glad google has this addition to the web site.

  5. karen says:

    If the vine is poison,in what way. What will it do to pets & humans

  6. I have sprayed gallon upon gallon of various types of round up, pulled vines up by the truckload and still it spreads. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I definitely DONT recommend this plant. Pretty but very invasive.

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