Vegas Voice 9-17 web

SUN CITY ALIANTE RESIDENTS
18
PRESENTS
The
Music of
Philip
Fortenberry
Fri., Sep.15 th , 2017
Doors at 6:30 pm.
Show begins at 7 pm.
September 2017
AT THE
VISTA CABARET
Aliante
Sun City
7394 Aliante Parkway, N. Las Vegas 89084
Tickets: $20. at Monitor’s desk
Or contact Entertainment Editor:
Evan Davis 702/630-6111
Ask a Master Gardner
By: Pat Warren / Happy Gardening
Here in the Las Vegas Valley our back and
front yard walls are made of plain, drab
cinderblock.
Consequently, many of us try to find creative ways to camouflage these
continual eyesores.
One of the best ways to do this is to plant vines. Keep in mind that
picking a vine that will do what you want it to do and at the same time
thrive in our climate is not as easy as it might seem.
Some vines climb by wrapping themselves around any available
support. These are called twining vines. Some vines also wrap themselves
around supports but they do it by sending out tendrils and those tendrils
wrap themselves around anything they can.
Both twining and tendril-type vines are easily trained on fences,
trellises, upright posts, and even wires fastened securely at both ends, but
usually will not climb up wall surfaces. The following plants are either
twining or tendril growers. Cat’s Claw Vine requires sun and has yellow
trumpet flowers, but its tendrils are reminiscent of a cat’s claws, so be
careful where you place it.
Carolina Jessamine is covered with clusters of small, yellow, trumpet
flowers in spring, grows to 20 feet and requires morning sun or afternoon
shade. All parts of the plant are poisonous.
Another type of vine is considered self-climbing and will attach itself
to rough surfaces like cinderblock and stucco. These vines might sound
ideal but they can damage the surface to which they attach.
Creeping Fig, Boston Ivy and English Ivy all fall into this category.
They all produce relatively wide leaves, provide good coverage but need
an ample amount of shade.
The last category is non-climbing vines and these are more like shrubs
than vines. They have long branches that have no way to climb on their
own so they must be trained and tied by the gardener.
Bougainvillea blooms from early summer through fall in shades of
red, purple, pink or orange and likes some shade. Cape honeysuckle is
evergreen and has reddish orange tubular flowers.
Lady Banks Rose needs morning sun, or afternoon shade and has
yellow or white flowers that appear all at once in mid-spring.
So get on with it, cover up those ugly walls!
Pat Warren is a certified Master Gardener with the UNR Cooperative
Extension. She started her training because of the frustration she felt
trying to get something, anything, to grow in Nevada.