Comments on: Wisteria and Trumpet Vines Friend or Foe. http://www.gardendecor-and-decorativeaccessories.com/wisteria-and-trumpet-vines-friend-or-foe/ & Home Accents Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karen Hartford http://www.gardendecor-and-decorativeaccessories.com/wisteria-and-trumpet-vines-friend-or-foe/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Karen Hartford Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:19:46 +0000 http://alongthegardenpath.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-72 What a gem :) I found your site on google looking for something completely unrelated- and now I'm gonna need to go all the archives. Good bye my free time this morning, but this was a truly awesome find :D What a gem :) I found your site on google looking for something completely unrelated- and now I’m gonna need to go all the archives. Good bye my free time this morning, but this was a truly awesome find :D

]]> By: Will http://www.gardendecor-and-decorativeaccessories.com/wisteria-and-trumpet-vines-friend-or-foe/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Will Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:33:25 +0000 http://alongthegardenpath.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-13 I am settling on a vine cover for the front of my DC rowhouse for heat reduction and aesthetics and think the trumpet creeper is my favorite. The plot that it would grow out of is surrounded by concrete so there is little chance of it spreading very far and there are no gutters on the front so I don't think there is much to be damaged. Three questions. 1. What kind of root systems will this plant develop and how far from my foundation should I plant it to make sure I get no damage below ground on my foundation. 2. It says the aerial roots of the trumpet creeper will cling to walls; will it grow up the side of a brick wall without any trelace or supports and will it damage the wall at all? 3. Can you think of a better flowering vine for my circumstances? thanks, Will I am settling on a vine cover for the front of my DC rowhouse for heat reduction and aesthetics and think the trumpet creeper is my favorite. The plot that it would grow out of is surrounded by concrete so there is little chance of it spreading very far and there are no gutters on the front so I don’t think there is much to be damaged. Three questions.

1. What kind of root systems will this plant develop and how far from my foundation should I plant it to make sure I get no damage below ground on my foundation.

2. It says the aerial roots of the trumpet creeper will cling to walls; will it grow up the side of a brick wall without any trelace or supports and will it damage the wall at all?

3. Can you think of a better flowering vine for my circumstances?

thanks,
Will

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