My trumpet vine is getting to be a pest with many seedlings popping up in beds and offshoots growing from the main vines. How can I stop this and avoid all the extra work?

— Jenny Chung, Wheaton

I don’t have a lot of time to garden at home, so I am strategic about which plants I plant and the maintenance practices I use. My goal is to get the best results in the least amount of time. Trumpet vine ( Campsis radicans ) is a high-climbing, aggressively colonizing, woody vine that is cultivated for its attractive reddish-orange flowers that attract hummingbirds. There are cultivars of trumpet vine with red, yellow or orange flowers to choose from. This plant grows easily in most soils and flowers best in full sun. The vine blooms on new growth, so early spring pruning does not affect flowe

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