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| Vine like blackberry with 3 leaves & thorns in Florida July 08, 2009 What vine looks like a blackberry vine but has three leaves and thorns? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Climbing vines non-damaging to walls in Round Rock, TX July 07, 2009 Will fig vine tendrils grow into a stucco wall? Is there any climbing vine that won't damage a stucco wall over time? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Evergreen vine for Austin June 21, 2009 In addition to coral honeysuckle, carolina jasmine, and crossvine can you recommend any other fairly hardy, evergreen vines that will do well draping from the top of a wall in Austin, Texas. Exposure ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plant identification of large hairy vine in Salem, OH June 19, 2009 We have large hairy vines that grow up the side of several of the trees on the edge of the woods beside our home. The leaves color resembles that of the poisonous sumac but the leaves shape do not. ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Non-poisonous, fragrant flowering plant and vine for Arkansas June 17, 2009 I would like to find a non poisonous flowering plant that smells good, that has small to moderate plant growth, that will do well in sandy soil area, shade to full sun either way. Also would like to f... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Vine for limited space, part-shade fence in N. Texas June 14, 2009 I have a narrow strip of yard (about 3ft) between my covered patio and privacy fence. Since the fence itself lacks visual interest, I'd like to find a vine to grow on the fence to give the backgroun... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Honeysuckle bush for San Antonio, Tx June 14, 2009 I'm looking for a gift for my brother, living in San Antonio. He loves the native honeysuckle that we both remember from our childhoods. I think I'd like to get him a honeysuckle bush rather than ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Evergreen vine or plant that is non-toxic for horses in Pennsylvania June 12, 2009 I am looking for an evergreen vine or plant that can grow in shade and is not toxic to horses. I live 30 miles west of Philadephia. Can you help me? I would like to camouflage a wire horse fence. It ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| What is the fast-growing vine with white flowers growing in my yard? Field bindweed perhaps. June 09, 2009 We moved into an existing home with some plants growing that grow very quickly, 1ft. per week, they flower a white to cream colored bloom and when the bloom falls it leaves a olive looking ball. In th... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Problems with morning glory in Tennessee. June 09, 2009 I recently moved to Tennessee from Michigan. On my property I have a perennial morning glory. This year the leaves are all bubbly, the stems have white hard stuff on them and there is a brown hard t... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Evergreen vine for Wimberley, Texas June 02, 2009 I live in the hill country in Wimberley Texas. I am looking for a fast growing, blooming evergreen vine for a privacy lattice wall between small houses. Can you recommend one of several plants? Thank ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identity of a thorny vine in Florida June 02, 2009 Area: panhandle of FL Problem: thorny vine with large potato like roots, rapid growing and very invasive. grows in summer time. thanks View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Can you root a crossvine? May 31, 2009 Can you root a crossvine? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identification of vine in Stony Brook NY May 29, 2009 Identify- vine type, Thorny stem, medium size leaves, color medium green with a jagged-reddish edge, leaf shape oblong, small white flowers. Growing in a patch of English green ivy. Looks invasive. ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Which Aristolochia species are toxic to pipevine swallowtail larvae May 27, 2009 In a May 30, 2008 question regarding the toxicity of certain Aristolochia species to pipevine swallowtail larvae, I had heard the same from at a talk from the curator of the Cockrell Butterfly Center ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Removing spent flowers from passion flower in Garland TX May 26, 2009 To encourage more blooms, should I remove spent flowers on my passion flower vine? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plants for area near saltwater pool near Dallas May 25, 2009 Could you recommend perennial plants that would do well next to my saltwater pool just north of Dallas (Corinth) Texas? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Transplanting a grapevine in San Antonio May 20, 2009 I planted a small grapevine that is growing well. I want to move it, (only tiny green grapes now, should be merlot) and wondering if I can do it now, mid May, or do I have to wait until fall? Not real... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Thorny vine growing through hedge May 16, 2009 In my hedge, a vine grows that has a bulbous root. It has large thorns up and down the vine. The leaves are shiny and grow all along the vine that is exposed to the sun. the vine grows up thru hedg... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Vine for arbor in Eugene, OR May 01, 2009 We have an arbor that is partial shade and stays fairly wet and want to plant a climbing plant on it with shallow roots, preferably with flowers. We had a wisteria but got roots and shooters everywher... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Bignonia capreolata with brown leaves in Pennsylvania April 24, 2009 3 year old crossvine leaves brown and dead looking. Will it come back and bud out? Crossvine on fence southern exposure. Crossvine on fence in another area has leaves and are dark green/purple - sa... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Transplanting honeysuckle bush in Illinois April 18, 2009 Want to transplant 3 honeysuckle shrubs 10 to 12' tall this month, although not the best time. Please advise. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Stabilizing a shale slope in Virginia April 08, 2009 I have family members who recently built a new home in Virginia. The site required extensive excavation resulting in a large 30 foot, nearly vertical, shale wall behind the house. They now want to r... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Identify red-flowering vine in E. Texas April 03, 2009 Beside a well on an old homestead in Deep East Texas, there is a delicate vine. The leaves are heart shaped with points all the way around. The flower is a bright red trumpet shaped. I saw an angel ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Will an ivy vine growing up my maple kill it? March 23, 2009 I have a ground cover ivy vine that has grown up my big maple tree. I would like to know if this will kill the tree if left, or will I kill the tree if I take it off? What should I do with it? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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