Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit). I like to grow this climber around my birdbath; hummingbirds like the red flowers, as do other birds and insects.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Starting Aug. 26, 9-year-old Cypress Smith of Albany took over the role of Young Nala in the long-running Broadway production of Disney’s "The Lion King," as featured in The Herald. Below is the third installment in a periodic ...