Jim Baird Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 This is a trumpet vine (Campsis radicans), a native vine that can EAT a building, much like English ivy. It is rooted in the crawl, and found its way up beside the 3 inch vent pipe and pushed through the vent boot to the light. Buyer will nip in bud in crawl, but the brush may be thickest when removal time comes. Click to Enlarge 24.7 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Wow! Flowers, already? Mine still looks like a bundle of sticks. No summer for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 That is amazing. Obviously there is damp soil in that crawl. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Booth Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 ............my wife has tried (twice) to start one of these plants at the end wall of her garden shed. Too bad that neither one survived - I can't imagine why both succumbed []. Well, I gotta get to work - I've got weed-wacking to do.......Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 The vine is kind of a nuisance here, like honeysuckle. It climbed through tiny space more than twelve feet and pushed through the rubber boot to glory in the sunlight. There is a big bulge in the faux vinyl soffit that I did not disturb...assume it contains a spool of vine. Click to Enlarge 14.24 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdhutch Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 To define a weed: any plant growing in a location it is not wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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