Nong Nooch Vines or Petraeovitex bambusetorum

Shown below are the beautiful drooping yellow flowers of the Nong Nooch Vines (Petraeovitex bambusetorum). Locally, these vines are sometimes called by plant traders as "Golden Garland" or "Yellow Garland". The yellow color of the flowers sometimes resemble the color gold.

When the flowers are set side-by-side as shown by the photo above, they look like string curtains. The strings of flowers actually come from individual plants in hanging baskets.

How to Propagate the Golden Garland

The reason I have so many of these vines in hanging baskets is because they are so easy to propagate. The best method I found to be both easy and effective is the propagation technique by air-layering or marcotting. There are a few ways you can do this to a single plant.

Compound Marcotting

You could actually marcot a single branch on several points along the length of the branch. Thus, series of marcots can be made on one branch. This is called Compound Marcotting. I discussed these extensively in the two articles below:

1. Serpentine Air-Layering or Compound Marcotting
   
   
2. Easy Compound Marcotting or Air-Layering for Quick Propagation
   

Compound Marcotting for a plant with multiple branches may be daunting to some because the branches typically crowd each other. But there is a way to do this in this article: Air-Layering Marcots in Crowded Branches (Nong Nooch Vine). This technique is applicable to other vines or plants that have similar growth behavior.

By hanging baskets of the Golden Garland along a garden pergola or arbor, you will create the illusion of a beautiful curtain. This is not only aesthetic but also functional for it doubles as a screen for privacy in the garden.

Easy Compound Marcotting or Air-Layering for Quick Propagation

Spawned by the article on serpentine air-layering, I'm writing this one on how to easily propagate your favorite vines using compound marcotting.

As long as the vine branch is thick enough to perform marcotting, then you do marcotting in between nodes. Nodes that have leaves or foliage are preferable.

Before, I was hesitant to air-layer several parts of the vine (in other words multiple marcots), for fear that the vine may not have the "energy" to allow the marcots to root. That, however, is not so much the case.

Serpentine Air-Layering or Compound Marcotting

Propagating the Golden Garland Tutorial

The Nong Nooch Vine aka Golden Garland

The Nong Nooch vine (Petraeovitex bambusetorum), also called Golden Garland, is such a lovely vine with pretty yellow flowers that we have these plants always blooming in hanging garden pots. But the best part about them is that they're incredibly easy to propagate by air-layering or marcotting.

Air Layering Marcots in Crowded Branches (Nong Nooch vine)

I've always favored marcotting (or air-layering) as a propagation technique over stem cuttings. If possible, I would air layer several branches of a garden plant all at the same time.

One limiting consideration with multiple air layers in one garden plant is when the branches for air layering are crowded and or are too close to each other.

Crowding of branches happen when there are simply too many branches in the garden plant, especially in one spot. One option you have is to marcot the branches at different times, meaning, continue airlayering only after harvesting the other marcots.

Or another option is to air-layer another spot or node along the branch so you avoid hitting another branch when air-layering.

New Garden Gate Arch

For a long while, I've been contemplating a garden arch that will grace our front fence. There are 5 posts at the front fence, and I even thought of a series of arches from one end of the fence up to the other end. The reasons for not pushing with this elaborate plan are varied but the most compelling one is that it will block our view of passersby and houses across the street.

Having thick vines climbing on several arches above our existing grill fence will also mean a little less sunlight for our front lawn and garden. Our front lawn and garden isn't very spacious and we need all the sunlight we can get for the plants in the garden to grow and flower. We mostly have ornamental flowering plants and so the need for plenty of sunlight

Garden Display with Christmas Greeting Decor

Well, it's a few weeks (or days?) before Christmas and the countdown - at least for us - has begun!

In the past, outdoor Christmas decoration for us simply meant strings of Christmas lights at the garage and the porch. Hanging Christmas lights is very much a standard holiday practice here. In December, close to Christmas, we'd occasionally stroll around the neighborhood at night just to look at which houses have interesting decorations and lights.

As has been the tradition in celebrating the long Christmas season, we're putting up the Christmas lights and decorations this early. This time, the front garden porch was not spared in spreading that holiday cheer.