I am planting yellow nasturtium vine this year. While not a perennial they can be started early because they don't freeze easily and you can collect the seed and plant it in the fall or early spring

we are not afraid, lol. it started in the neighbors yrd and does spread into our blue spruce and around on the ground. we started trimming the spruce a couple of yrs ago then the creeper started climbing up it. easy fix really, the last 2 yrs i have just used a garden rake to pull it down. since it comes out all attached to each other it is only a 5 minute job but needs to be done yearly. we love it, it creates a great privacy fence. i read a tip somewhere about creeper and ivy too if you are worried about it on your house. if you girdle or sever the stems at the base and let it die off, it shouldnt do damage to your shingles or siding when you finally pull it off.

Thanks for taking time to respond. A few days ago, I forged ahead with my project of transplanting several cuttings from my backyard to the front foundation. It didn't work as I had hoped. I read that cutting a young stem just below a node and inserting it in soil would cause it to root. All my cuttings died within a day. Perhaps I did something wrong, or more time is needed for new shoots to develop, or maybe it's a sign that my idea isn't as good as I thought. I'm leaning toward it's being a "sign" and have already begun to rethink what I might do in that space instead.

Last night Tropical Storm Beryl ripped our beautiful Virginia Creeper vine off of our brick chimney. Although some branches are broken and dying, much of the vine is still alive and lying sadly on the lawn. It was a very mature vine and the biggest branches were at least a half-inch to an inch in diameter. Is there any way we can reattach it to the chimney? I had heard once of using a type of caulking which dried hard, inserting heavy duty twist ties into it in a V shape, and then using them to reattach the vine. I have no idea what type of caulking it was or even if this is a feasible idea. Has anyone had any experience in this area and if so would you offer some suggestions or advice? Our vine really made the house look great and we would hate to have to start over. Thank you so much. Donna