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China Blue Sausage Vine

AKA: China Blue Vine

Holboellia coriacea 'China Blue'

UPDATE 2022 – Well this guy has been reeeal slow to start. Sadly in its first summer the main vine was severed by some person or critter (likely a squirrel) and so had to recover from that. Perhaps that set it back, but even this spring after a year of recovery it’s still pretty spindly. I’ve halfway given up on this vine and planted an evergreen clematis on the east side of the sunroom and a vigorous deciduous clematis to the west. It will be a race to see which one wins out!

Looking forward to seeing how this vine does. I’d never heard of holboellia before doing research to find a suitable specimen for underneath the sunroom. It seems to be the right size and is evergreen, and has the lower deck stairs to shade its roots. And it fruits! Hopefully they won’t be a mess.

  • Plant Type
  • Vine
    • Shade Grade
    • D
    • Light Requirement
    • Part Sun
    • Sun
    • Location
    • South Easement
    Nursery Tag

    Plant height: 6 - 20' flower size: 1/2 to 1" Blooms in early spring, purplish white flowers. Hardy to about 0 degrees

    Gardener's Log

    07/2020: Planted under sunroom to climb up to trellis wire

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    holboellia photo

    Photo by wallygrom

    holboellia photo

    Photo by peganum

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    Shade Grade

    D

    This guy will hopefully be happy in the blasting afternoon sun afforded by the newly cleared easement!

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