Evergreen Vines

Front 1

Bougainvillea spp. and hybrids

Back 1

bougainvillea; paper flower

Hint 1

"bogey was thorny"
dome shaped buds, thorns 1/1.5", white to tinged yellowish or greenish flower, three papery floral bracts are pink, red, orange, yellow, purple, or white, leaves alternate in variety of shapes, mature vines, branches are woody and have spines at leaf axils

Front 2

Ficus pumila

Back 2

creeping fig

Hint 2

"creepy figs have a young heart"
small heart shaped young leaves, long and leathery oblique mature leaves, pronounced venation on underside, milky sap,Hairy pear-shaped fruits (to 2.5” long)

Front 3

Gelsemium sempervirens

Back 3

Carolina jessamine

Hint 3

leaves opposite, lanceolate, Lustrous, dark-green foliage develops a slight yellow or purple cast in winter,red wiry twining stem, Axillary (Growing from an axil. ) clusters of very fragrant, yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers

Front 4

Jasminum polyanthum

Back 4

pink jasmine

Hint 4

Fast growing twining vine with glossy, compound leaves and very fragrant white flowers in late winter and spring, preceded by delicate pink buds, terminal leaflet is longer

Front 5

Lonicera sempervirens

Back 5

trumpet honeysuckle

Hint 5

first two leaf pairs below flower are perfoliate twining, , twining vine, 3-20 ft. long, with smooth, glossy, paired, semi-evergreen leaves and 2-4 flowered clusters of red, tubular blooms followed by bright-red berries. Leaves ovate to oblong with smooth, rolled down margins and a blunt or short pointed tip those immediately below the flowers fused at the base. This vine has showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, red outside, yellow inside, in several whorled clusters at the ends of the stems. Papery, exfoliating bark is orange-brown in color. Fruit a red berry.