The OregonianClimbing hydrangea A vine running up the trunk of a large tree adds visual interest, and scores of attractive, vigorous vines are available to clothe tree trunks. Self-clinging vines ...

All these types of vines can grow up into trees. They can compete with trees for sunlight, pull young trees over, or break off branches. Vines, if managed, can add beauty to trees and provide food ...

Q: I’ve noticed a lot of vines in trees around the area this year, and they're not woodbine. It appears they smother the trees. What are they? What’s an effective way to get rid of them? I ...

When dodder sprouts, its vine immediately attaches to a host plant and twines around the host's stem. Eventually the dodder's connection to its roots dies and it becomes totally dependent on its host.

The vines also accumulate heavy snow and ice, helping to pull trees down in windy, winter weather. So, with the tree's leaves gone now, go check for vines that shouldn't be growing up your trees.

Plants for around walnut trees. Updated: Jul. 12, 2013, ... Sweetspire is a shrub native to the U.S. East Coast, but you can't generalize that just because a plant is native, ...

Growing parsley around pepper plants not only helps you get a second edible from almost the same amount of space, but it also serves to provide some shade and cover for bare soil. 21.

For example, an Asian wisteria plant "wraps around your tree," he said. "It's like a boa constrictor." Some other vines, such as Virginia creeper or creeping euonymus, cling to a tree, Cappiello said.