Weeds We Dont Want: Honeyvine Milkweed - Daves Garden Also known as bluevine, climbing milkweed, dog’s-collar, Enslen’s vine, peavine, sandvine, smooth anglepod, or smooth swallow-wort, honeyvine milkweed is aggressive and invasive
Building a Substantial Grape Support System - Daves Garden The entire grape vine section of his property is enclosed in a soft-material fencing tucked into the soil at the bottom, and 10’ high to keep out the abundant deer and rabbits The vineyard is fully exposed to high winds coming off the hill behind it, so the structure needed to both support the heavy fruit and resist high winds
Pruning and Maintaining Your Grape Vines - Daves Garden The green tape holds the vine to the trellis without hurting the plant or impacting its growth Special Considerations for the First Year For first-year vines, your focus should be on establishing a trunk If you’ve just received your grape vines, you'll want to select the shoots that looks the strongest and cut the rest of the plants back to
Partridgeberry: A Steppable Groundcover - Daves Garden Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) is a non-climbing herbaceous to woody vine that forms an evergreen, ground-hugging groundcover A member of the Rubiaceae (madder) family, this prostrate vine is n
Introduction to Bougainvillea - Daves Garden This amazing colorful vine is grown extensively as a landscaping shrub and potted plant throughout much of the tropics and the warm temperate and subtropics throughout the world
The Hardy Honeysuckle Vines - Daves Garden The twining honeysuckles hail from North America, Europe and Asia and hybrids between these distant cousins have been made with great results First I'll mention the American species By far the most important species is the trumpet honeysuckle, L sempervirens This honeysuckle has the most showy flowers of any American species Vines bloom over a long season with long, tubular red flowers
Growing and Using Nasturtiums - Daves Garden To avoid damaging the plant, always use scissors to snip off leaves, flowers, and seedpods If allowed to mature, save the chickpea-size seeds to replant next spring Let seeds dry on the vine and fall off Clean, dry, and store in a paper envelope in a cool, dark place Seeds can also be preserved and pickled like capers