Lilac vine is native to Australia, where gardeners like to call it “false sarsaparilla” or “native lilac.” It reminds some of us in the Valley of the wisterias we left behind in our gardens back home.

Reader Carmen B. asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler the best way to manage the tree seedlings that pop up in her flower bed each year. Q: My husband has trimmed the tree seedlings in the photo back ...

Question: I have attached pictures of our lilac vine, hardenbergia violacia, which suffered over the summer. I believe it did not get enough water. It is planted along a south-facing wall with direct ...

It is hard to give precise advice about what to do with your vine without seeing exactly how it has been radically pruned, as you put it. You certainly don’t need all those vigorous shoots, as you ...