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 ...

Q: I have a big trumpet vine that keeps getting bigger. It keeps sending up new shoots from the roots, and it's starting to go beyond where I'd like it. Is there a way to keep it where I want? A: Yes, ...

Q. We have a trumpet vine that has been growing in the same sport for three years. It is lush and green, but no flowers. When I asked the nursery folks they said "Be patient." What is your take on ...

Q: My trumpet vine never blooms. Why? A: These can be finicky to get blooming, especially for the first time. Like wisteria and climbing hydrangea vines, it's not unusual for trumpet vines to go five ...

Question: My husband installed an arbor over the entrance to our patio from the side yard. It’s big and very sturdy. I’m considering planting a trumpet vine there because I love the hummingbirds, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 trumpet vine, or Campsis radicans, is a fast-growing climber that is prized for its profusion of tubular pink, red or orange flowers in summer. These blooms are known to attract pollinators, ...

Q. Please help! A while back I fell in love with a red trumpet vine. I just had to have one. My friend gave me a cutting to plant by my porch to provide shade from the afternoon sun. Well, it has ...

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 ...

) 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 ...