Stems and Vines

Small house? Grape ivy on a trellis makes a stunning display.(Home Garden)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/20/2009; 698 words; ...Grape ivy, like clematis, is a clasping vine that can fasten itself to a trellis with specialized stems called tendrils. A quick grower, it soon...deep green. Confined to the trellis, the vine doesn't stick out very far into our small...

CITY CHRISTMAS TREE A WIN-WIN.(Stars)(Column)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/20/2009; 742 words; ...Hedera helix, is an evergreen woody vine. The leaves are quite thick and waxy...There may also be some dieback of the stems. Location is key. Evergreens on the north...There's not much you can do to protect a vine, but the ivy will quickly recover in the...

Weekend Work
The Independent - London; 12/19/2009; 403 words; ...into growth so that you end up with a plant that has three stems rather than just one. Bring bulbs such as 'Paperwhite' narcissus...radishes, rocket and lamb's lettuce. Complete any pruning of vines before the end of the year. Vine sap starts to rise very early in the New Year. If you cut...

The good, the bad and the ugly
The Nelson Mail; 12/18/2009; 1187 words; ...they excrete on to passionfruit vines and other plants leaves an unsightly...sooty mould covering leave sand stems. Try blasting infected trees...suck sap and the juice from stems, causing the plants to wilt...plants such as citrus and grape vines can result in increased numbers...

SCIENTISTS GET TO ROOT OF ANCIENT CASE OF SOUR GRAPES.
States News Service; 12/18/2009; 920 words; ...venerable grape varieties - including Chardonnay and Gamay noir - stem from crosses between Pinot noir and Gouais blanc. Until now...place. Like most plants, the DNA in chloroplasts of grape vines is inherited from the mother. The scientists looked at microsatellites...