tlmkozak 2 Report post Posted June 19, 2013 Will growing Schizophragma up a tree pose a problem? If so what is a better way to grow it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steven Nikkila 32 Report post Posted April 26, 2014 First off sorry about this late response. It's probably fine. I have seen schizophrama growing up trees before and they work fine together. It's not a strangle vine like bittersweet bittersweet wraps around limbs, thickens and girdles the branch or trunk. It's not a monstrously huge thing that overtops the tree and shades it out -- grape vine, kudzu and wisteria do that. Schizophragma hangs onto the trunk by clinging to the bark's natural crevices -- no harm. And it lays out along main limbs once it reaches them. Prettiest we ever saw was growing on a Scots pine, and all the branches of the pine appeared to be in bloom. Looking for a photo of it... Until then, in our article on climbing hydrangea on GardenAtoZ (scroll to the bottom, it's one of the last-page pictures) you'll see a maple with a 4-foot diameter trunk, its trunk completely clothed in climbing hydrangea, which climbs to about 45 feet in that tree, no harm done. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
