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Really! I don't know why I try to answer these questions, as I'm always wrong.KeyWee wrote:While it does look a bit like trumpet vine, I think it may be lygodium japonicum ~ Japanese climbing fern. It does not have flowers of any significance. Got a piece of this last year and while I love the lacy texture, I am in z7a and don't think it will be a problem. In warmer zones, it is invasive and can get to 90 feet! Google it and see, but this one is gonna be your call!
You always need to click on the picture to enlarge it and then pay careful attention to detail:LIcenter wrote:Really! I don't know why I try to answer these questions, as I'm always wrong.KeyWee wrote:While it does look a bit like trumpet vine, I think it may be lygodium japonicum ~ Japanese climbing fern. It does not have flowers of any significance. Got a piece of this last year and while I love the lacy texture, I am in z7a and don't think it will be a problem. In warmer zones, it is invasive and can get to 90 feet! Google it and see, but this one is gonna be your call!
No worries.LIcenter wrote: Really! I don't know why I try to answer these questions, as I'm always wrong.
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Allyn, welcome and I am glad to have been a help to you. Let us know if you keep the vine!
Exactly! I learned my lesson with ivy. It can really tear a house apart.rainbowgardener wrote: ...So be careful with rampant vines growing near your house!
I thank you. You posted first and if you'd nailed it, no one else would have posted and it wouldn't have turned into a conversation. So thank you.LIcenter wrote:Thanks for making me feel a little better about my blunders everyone. ...
Yes, it is; and I'm not going to keep it. As lovely as it is, that article convinced me it has to go. The spores are tiny and easily carried by the wind so if I don't deal with it, it will spread. The wind probably carried it here and it got a foothold. There are two seasons here: hot and freakin' hot; so that vine could turn into one of those 90-footers mentioned in the article. It's one of those plants that will take over in "Life After People."purpleinopp wrote:I agree, if it's Japanese climbing fern, it's not a keeper in the US. The link you posted says it's on FL's noxious weed list.