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: 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 ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

Q: Is there a secret to transplanting trumpet vine? When I dig up small plants that are sprouting and transplant them, they seem to die. Also, I have wild black raspberries growing in my yard. They ...

Old gardens can be great generators of new plants. Hybrids can arise unbidden, and self-sown seedlings sometimes outshine their parents. Seasoned trees and shrubs sport chance mutations that may be ...

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 ...

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 ...

*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: ...