QCan you tell me what happened to the tomatoes this year? I planted mine late — mid-June — and in pots on our fire escape. They started off with good growth. Two plants got three tomatoes. All plants ...

Question: Carol, I'm hoping you are able to provide advice about pruning passionflower vines and clematises. I'm hoping it is OK to prune them in the spring. Both vines have a lot of wild (some dead) ...

We have a passion vine growing on a fence that is loaded with blooms and flowers. A lot of the blooms seem to turn brown, wither and fall before blooming. What could be the problem? Since you live in ...

Just when I think there are no more major projects in my yard, I find something else to do. I had had a passion vine on the fence along the east boundary of the yard for five or six years and decided ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

Prepare a raised seedbed of not more than three feet wide. Ensure the rows run from east to west or vis versa because this shields the plants from direct sunlight and windy rain. Apply NPK fertiliser ...

For crucifixion symbolism, the passion flower has served admirably for over 500 years. Not just for American gardeners but Europeans worldwide. South American Jesuit missionaries in the early 1500s ...

Last May I purchased my first passion vine in hopes of supporting generations of caterpillars along my fence. During the 2019 warm season, I did just that. But this year the vine is climbing up to my ...

Boston ivy and creeping fig are good aggressive vines for freeway overpasses and soundwalls. They are resilient despite harsh exposures and pollution, and help to muffle the sound of traffic. Boston ...

Vines can play an important role in Central Texas landscapes. Last week I wrote about the vines I recommend — butterfly vine, cross vine, Carolina jessamine — and vines I find hard to manage — coral ...

A temperate species, Passiflora incarnata, of the predominately tropical family Passifloraceae, possesses two sets of extrafloral nectaries which are visited by five species of ants. In an old field, ...

I am interested in planting some vines to cover a bare fence. It is a very substantial wood fence. I would like for the vines to attract butterflies, but also look nice. I have in mind: wisteria, pipe ...