I have had a Trumpet vine for 4 yrs. now.?

Can anyone tell me how to get this vine to flower?? It's suspose to attract humming birds, and the only thing on it is ants.

I have had a Trumpet vine for 4 yrs. now.?
I have had a lot of luck getting Brugs to flower. It all depends what conditions it's in. We feed ours every three weeks or so, and water it daily. The one in our front yard (nicknamed 'Monster') has a creamy orange color and is about 15-18 feet tall. I'm not sure, I guess either wait it out a couple more years, or get a new plant.
Reply:I love trumpet vines (and I hate ants).



If the amount of ants is really huge you might have a look under the leaves of either the trumpet vines or some plants around it and see if there are no lice or other unwanted creatures. If so, naturally they have to go. I use some pills I can put a few inches under the ground. This gives a bad taste to the plant, but doesn't harm the environment.



If there are no such problems or they are solved, loosen up the ground around the plant (not only the first inch, a little bit deeper) and give plenty of fertilizer. An other reason for lack of flowering could be too dry or too moist conditions, in that case irrigation or drainage might do some good. Of course sunshine and warm conditions are also a necessity.



I hope some of the answers help and you'll have some beautiful flowers.
Reply:First of all, what time of year are you pruning it? The trumpet flower flowers on new wood. This could be part of your problem.... Only prune immediately after it stops blooming. A month later is too late.



Next, do a soil test. Sounds like your soil lacks the proper vitamins for it to produce flowers.



Add a weekly regime of a water soluble fertilizer with a very high second number. Ex. 15-52-20. Many of these are known as "bloom busters" because the second number represents fertilizer to produce flowers. This should work wonders for you....
Reply:Depends on Light and Soil conditions! Make sure it has allot of sun! I love those!
Reply:Wisah i could help you out
Reply:Lookup in Sunset Western Garden book
Reply:Growing Tips



To give you a lot of bloom, trumpet vine needs to have a very sunny exposure. In the northern part of its range, a southeast facing wall where it gets maximum heat and sunshine is ideal. In more southern climates, it can put up with some shade. In places with less sunny summers, such as Northern Europe, trumpet vine does not bloom as reliably as it does in most of North America. It is very accommodating of soil and pH and has no serious pests. I will sometimes notice a few scales on mine, but they don't seem to do any visible damage and the plant has been growing for over 20 years. Another requirement for good bloom is an annual pruning.
Reply:Toss a really good, nitrate rich fertilizer on that puppy in the Fall of the year----and by next Spring you'll have so many trumpets you'll have to wear ear plugs !!!!
Reply:congrats

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