Wildflowers of KY: Increasingly rare roadway trumpet vine
2018-06-12 - Along Leatherwood Church Road/CR #1318, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Trumpet vines are beautiful, but need discipline. Less than four years ago, they brightened byways in Adair County, and were provided restraint by passing vehicles and relatively gentle mowing on the roadway, and by cultivation of row crops and pastures on farmers' sides of fences. Cultivated with extreme control, the plants provide beauty in a way few others can. Perhaps its most valuable purpose is as a cover for beautiful old structures no longer in use, but which provide reassuring sights for those comforted by their presence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsis_radicans Comments | Permalink
2018-06-12 - Along Leatherwood Church Road/CR #1318, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Trumpet vines are beautiful, but need discipline. Less than four years ago, they brightened byways in Adair County, and were provided restraint by passing vehicles and relatively gentle mowing on the roadway, and by cultivation of row crops and pastures on farmers' sides of fences. Cultivated with extreme control, the plants provide beauty in a way few others can. Perhaps its most valuable purpose is as a cover for beautiful old structures no longer in use, but which provide reassuring sights for those comforted by their presence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsis_radicans Comments | Permalink