Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Five Leaf Akebia (Akebia quinate)
Karen Also called chocolate vine, this twining, deciduous, woody vine is native to Japan, China, and Korea but was introduced into the US in 1845 as an ornamental and is now…
Native Flowering Perennial Climbers
There are many beautiful perennial native vines that can be useful in the garden. They can be used as a screen, to stabalize an embankment, add a vertical element to…
Flowering Vines for Ground Covers
Chances are that if you are growing vines they are growing up on a wall, fence or trellis. But many vines can be used as ground covers where they will…
Plant Profile: Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
We bought our first trumpet honeysuckle vines when we wanted to attract hummingbirds to our yard and we were not disappointed. It acts like a hummingbird magnet and we can…