bindweeds
Twining garden pests
Bindweeds are twining or climbing plants, especially those of the morning glory family, notorious for wrapping around other vegetation and being difficult to eradicate from gardens.
The name captures their binding habit—stems that wind tightly around whatever they encounter.
The bindweeds had strangled half the tomato plants by midsummer.
Twining vine, trumpet-shaped flowers
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- funnelCone directing flow
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- whiteAbsence of pigment
pink · petals · pollination · herbaceous · perennial · foliage · leaves · sepals
Climbing, trailing plants
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
- twiningWrapping around spirally
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- climbingAscending by physical effort
spreading · runners · roots · rhizomes · groundcover · stems · shoots · coiling
Pest takeover situation
- spreadTo distribute widely
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
stubborn · relentless · outcompete · overrun · encroachment · eradication · herbicide · control
morning glory
Twining vine, trumpet-shaped flowers
white · pink · petals · pollination · herbaceous · perennial · foliage · leaves · sepals · flora
vines
Climbing, trailing plants
climbing · spreading · runners · roots · rhizomes · groundcover · stems · shoots · coiling · trailing
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- spreadTo distribute widely
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
tenacious · stubborn · relentless · outcompete · overrun · encroachment · eradication · herbicide · control · management
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
- coilWound circular arrangement
- intertwineTwist together mutually
- wrapEnclose by winding around
encircle · tangle · entwine · snarl · entangle · weave · spiral · knot · envelop · interlace
bindweedswisteria
Woody climbing plant, fragrant
climbing roses · honeysuckle · jasmine · clematis · morning glories
bindweedsheirloom plants
Non-hybrid traditional cultivars
heritage varieties · cultivars · ornamentals · native wildflowers · cash crops