What is wood?
Wood Rose is a tropical climbing vine with yellow flowers similar to trumpets that resemble normal morning glory. Wood Rose, a native of Mexico and Central America, has since become naturalized for most of the tropical world. Wooden rose is commonly called yellow morning glory, Spanish morning glory, Spanish arborvin, Spanish wood and Hawaiian wood. The name of the species is Merremia tuberosa and is a member of the Convolvulaceae family.
From left unattended, wood vines can reach heights of up to 80 feet (about 20 meters) high when they have support of a large tree or forest canopy. In tropical areas where this plant has escaped cultivation and has become wild, it is considered to be a harmful and invasive plant capable of quickly suffocating native shrubs, plants and trees. As a plant or controlled in a landscape or garden, this plant can be a rapidly growing and attractive accessory to the landscape or interior space.
the flowers along the woody stem and are usually about 2 1/3 inch (about 6 cm)across the background of bright green, shiny leaves. The leaves are between 2 and 8 inches (about 6 to 20 cm). When the flowers disappeared, brown seeds contain about four seeds.
Wood Rose is easy to spread, a feature that benefits the gardener, but also led to the escape and naturalization of wood in tropical areas. Cuts, seeds and sections of the root of carelessly discarded can quickly catch in the right environment. In cultivation, spreading is most often performed by rooting parts of the stem. Seeds, which have been viable for several years, are also a fast and reliable spread method.
As a flower pot, the plant roses thrive in sunny areas where temperatures remain above 55 ° F (about 12.7 ° C). Quality and well exhausting watering uses to prevent roots from preventing roots in too wet environments. The mug rose should be connected when the top 1 inch (about 2.5 cm) soilDy feels dry to touch.
, planted outdoors, Rose wood can withstand a slight frost, although vegetation can die back at low temperatures. In areas that gain a slight frost, any dead plant material should be limited in the spring before the start of the growing season. It is used in a sunny place, but can also grow in partial or full shadow.