The morning glory is a multi-stemmed ornamental annual vine with summer-blooming, trumpet-shaped flowers in purple, pink, blue, or white. Here is a purple one with a bud ready to bloom at Fullerton Botanical Garden.
Blue Morning Glory Flower and Bud
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) is a climbing vine with white and purple flowers. Its chemicals have calming effects. Passion flowers are lovely and unique, and some varieties even make delicious passion fruit!
Passion Flower
A front red-colored door and vines on a street in Northside, Lexington, Kentucky. The horse figure on the mailbox is a symbol of Lexington.
Bright Red door with Vines
We end our series on bonsai with Bougainvillea Bonsai.
The Bougainvillea is an evergreen shrub, little tree, or thorny vine with little trumpet-shaped flowers that grow in clusters of three and come with three pretty bright papery bracts, most often magenta or purple colored.
Bougainvillea Bonsai
North Carolina wines are quite a ways away from competing with Napa Valley and other well-known regions. However, the Raffaldini Vineyards are showcasing truly excellent wines.
The vines are sparse and there aren’t any grapes to speak of just yet. By the time late summer rolls around, these vineyards will be lush with grapes and greenery.
Grape Vines at Raffaldini Vineyards
Grape Vines against blue sky at Raffaldini Vineyards
Clouds above the Vines
Overgrowing vines take over an old, dilapidated shed
Mandevilla sanderi, the Brazilian jasmine, is a vine belonging to the genus Mandevilla. Grown as an ornamental plant, the species is endemic to the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Captured in Santa Monica, California.
The changing colors of vines in Fall provide a pleasing contrast to the seasoned tree trunks and still green leaves
Shades of Change
Turning Yellow
The limbs of a creeping vine nicely frame the Blue Ridge mountains
Framing the Mountains