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 ...
Q: Last week’s column on aggressive or invasive plants really interested me, especially since I have a monster known as the trumpet vine. I planted one in my garden years ago and have regretted it ...
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 ...
What is not to like about a plant that is naturalized to Ohio, produces showy yellow orange to red trumpet-shaped flowers, attracts hummingbirds, bees and deer, and can be expected to grow 15 feet a ...
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. Why is my trumpet vine not flowering? I have had this plant for four years and am still waiting for the trumpet flowers. –Oswego A. Campsis radicans is a vigorous, often rampant, perennial vine ...
*Growth habit: A climbing deciduous vine growing shoots to 30 feet long. The leaves are oblong, consisting of numerous leaflets, dark green and grow to 12 inches long and half as wide. *Light: ...
Hi Sue, Hope you are well. I was hoping you could help me on how to rid a garden and lawn of trumpet vines. Trying to create a wildflower garden, but the vines are growing like crazy! I’m thinking ...
Question: Mr. SP: I have invaders! Trumpet vines from a neighbor's yard, two doors away have taken over and are eating my garage and trying to steal all the sun from my clematis vines. How do I get ...
Growth habit: A sprawling evergreen vine with shoots growing to 15 feet in length. The leaves are pinnately compound with leaflets having shallow-toothed margins. Light: Can be planted in light shade, ...