Q. What can you tell me about trumpet vine or trumpet creeper? Many of my friends tell me to avoid it like the plague. A. Depending on who one talks to, trumpet vine is either native to the ...
The picture you sent me is definitely what I would call a trumpet vine, also called trumpetcreeper (Campsis radicans KAMP-sis RAD-i-kanz). It has a very distinctive flower, tubular in nature, borne in ...
Q: I have had trumpet vines for several years and they have never bloomed. They are located against an arbor and their branches wind in and out. They are watered by our irrigation system three times ...
We have several native plants that can get out of hand in our yard, meaning they grow quickly and establish themselves nearly everywhere. When it comes to the trumpet creeper, a vine native to ...
Dear Dr. Dirt: My friend has a lovely orange flowering trumpet vine. She has given me a couple seedpods with seeds to plant. When and how should these be planted? -— Libby, Brownsburg Dear Reader: The ...
Summertime brings one of my favorite flowering woody vines, the trumpet vine. I'm sure that it's a favorite because of the nostalgia associated from the times playing under its big vine at my ...
) is a high-climbing, aggressively colonizing woody vine that is cultivated for its attractive reddish-orange flowers, which attract hummingbirds. There also are cultivars with red, yellow or orange ...
Q: I planted a trumpet vine 3 years ago. It hasn't bloomed yet. Will it bloom next year? When can I prune the vine? A: Trumpet vines are notoriously slow to start blooming. They often focus mainly on ...
Steve Bender Don't let its pretty flowers fool you into planting a thuggish trumpet vine. Native to the eastern United States and now escaped to the West, trumpet vine (Campsis radicans), also called ...
Flowering vines are an easy way to fill vertical spaces in your garden with life and color. Choose from annual vines for quick color for a growing season, or go with a perennial vine that will grow ...
Q: I was wondering if you could identify this plant for me. I am a little embarrassed I don't know the name. Is it accurate to say these ants are eating berries on this plant? A: The plant in question ...