Great Cascade Wine Red: Report #3

It has been over a month since I reported on the Great Cascade Wine Red plant and the progress it is making as a container plant for my balcony. Why you ask have I not blogged about Great Cascade?  Well, there has not been much to report.  Otherwise known as Creeping Gloxinia Lofos Wine Red, I received these as very small plants in early May.  They have spent the last month and a half growing in size, but no cascading flowers.

In the Great Cascade Wine Red Information post I mentioned that a grower stated that it would have prolific red flowers after the vine had filled the container and I worried that using a three gallon container was too large?  Well, I was right.  This vine has continued to grow over the past month and a half, but has not started to flower:

This might be the first Great Cascade Wine Red flower for the summer:

What has your experience been?  Were you lucky enough to have purchased a mature Great Cascade Wine Red from a nursery or garden center?  Are you getting flowers late June?

Great Cascade Wine Red Information

Introduced in 2003 Great Cascade Wine Red is showing up in many home gardens.  This vine cascades from hanging flower baskets or can be trained to grow up a trellis.  Growing up to 7 feet in one season, Great Cascade Win Red has dark pinkish red flowers and thrives in full sun.

Please leave your comments about your experience growing this plant.  We can all learn about your experiences in growing Great Cascade Wine Red as part of a container garden or when planted in the ground.

Great Cascade Wine Red resources:

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Excellent write up from a commercial greenhouse:
http://www.pineae.com/suntory_product.php?autonumber=80

See that note about it beginning to flower when the pot is full?  I am worried about putting in a 3 gallon container to grow on my deck.  Will this delay blooming?

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Comments from Gardeners on Dave'sGarden.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/160100/