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 ...

Trumpet vine is a high-climbing, aggressively colonizing, woody vine that is cultivated for its attractive reddish-orange flowers that attract hummingbirds.

A: It is easy to do. With our late winter, I think there’s still time to collect some green stems. Use your pruning loppers to cut off a couple of large branches, then strip off the leaves. Cut a ...