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Siwsan

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Thu May 20, 2021, 12:57 PM May 2021

Anyone ever tried (and succeeded) in getting a Trumpet Vine under control? [View all]

There is one in my back lot that I've been battling every Spring. It's taken over my garden fence (which, to be honest, might be all that's holding that section together) and springing up EVERYWHERE.

I've read that boiling water can kill some of the vine but that's just not a viable option. I've been using snipping off and using Brush Kill on the new growth and have cut back some massive vines.

Any suggestions, short of torching it? The flowers are beautiful and attract Humming Birds so I'd like to keep a tamed version.

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High grade plutonium usually works. ret5hd May 2021 #1
Yup - pretty much what I'm thinking Siwsan May 2021 #2
It can be done. Deternine your containment area treat it like like you would bamboo. marble falls May 2021 #3
Thanks. I filled 2 yard waste bags with what I cut, today Siwsan May 2021 #4
If I'd only learned that gardening is a major operation when I thought I knew all I needed to know. marble falls May 2021 #6
From the internet Fullduplexxx May 2021 #5
Do you want to control it or kill it? Botany May 2021 #7
At this point, probably just control it. Siwsan May 2021 #9
Cut the whole thing back to the main part of the Botany May 2021 #10
Thanks for the info! Siwsan May 2021 #11
Not good on wooden fences. Botany May 2021 #12
What about blackberry bushes? jmbar2 May 2021 #13
Blackberry Bushes are really tough to control .... in many ecological restoration projects they .... Botany May 2021 #14
Hugely helpful jmbar2 May 2021 #15
make sure to i.d. the shrub before you propagate it ... DO NOT PROPAGATE ANY NON NATIVE PLANT Botany May 2021 #16
good advice jmbar2 May 2021 #17
post its name ... latin if possible ..... and where you live and i can tell you if it is a native Botany May 2021 #18
I'm pretty sure it is a Lithadora Diffusa jmbar2 May 2021 #19
Do not plant or propagate it. Where do you live? General location Botany May 2021 #20
I'm on the Oregon coast - Newport jmbar2 May 2021 #21
Plant one of these Botany May 2021 #22
hahaha jmbar2 May 2021 #23
I kill them. Kali May 2021 #8
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