I'm
growing mostly Japenese MG this year in hanging pots(got 18 going& 4 are a mix all mostly different,but NOT what were labled due likely to OP)I do have 2 nice spots of purple bindweed& yes!They will grow great as a ground cover.one spot covers ditch area& shades the roots of my blackberrys& another grows on stump of mimosa& looks weird when the butterflys devour its leaves....its then the naked MG.Bindweed is also perieneial.Especially where I'M AT!
I've grown the flying saucers& liked it& hopeing it has re seeded where I grew it last year.I've already pulled a bindweed from there(sneaky devil).
I lived Indpls for 11 years.I did grow MG they useually bloomed end of july.My soil was awful.I gardened with LOTS of effert.A pick axe to break it up....a shovel or a cup to scoop it out...a few handfulls of potting mix....
plant whats going in& useually scooped the crap over the good stuff.(I guess I more less dug a pot& filled it!)only MG ever had come back were in a hanging basket and they returned cause was indoors for the winter.
Here's a post a few pages back of my JMG.I also have early call,ensign&star of yelta that I've not bothered to picture.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/cgi-bin/ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/15/2620.html? And I can't leave out cypress vine cause it IS classed as a MG& will spend MORE time this year keeping it out of my burgmansias so they are not contorted.
don't fertilize.
I'm still waiting on my mina labota vine to bloom,but its 2
seeds are takeing their space nicely with my help& guideance.
Hey 'stonethegardner'!I grew up in TN.I like that their
tree seedling with MG
growing up it.I've done that before on purpose(lol) a mimosia& mulberry that grew together.I also did a string from the ground to the roof on corner of house last yr with noah orange MG (was even hurricane proof)