Help identifying weed.

Stacy W
by Stacy W
Any idea what this plant may be? It seems invasive.
  8 answers
  • R.V.R. Farris R.V.R. Farris on Aug 10, 2014
    Appears to be a type of passionflower. I normally see them climbing fence or trellis. Butterflies like them.
  • Ruth Andresen Ruth Andresen on Aug 10, 2014
    LOL- uh...a joke, right ?
  • Ruth Andresen Ruth Andresen on Aug 10, 2014
    Hope all know I was not being disrespectful, yes, I thought if was passionflower, too, and would love to have it "invade" my garden !
  • Aggie Aggie on Aug 10, 2014
    Yes, it is a Passion flower vine. The flowers are beautiful.
  • Lois Watkins Lois Watkins on Aug 10, 2014
    This is beautiful but will not just invade but will TAKEOVER everything. A amazingly rapid grower. I bought one at Lowes, planted it 3 yrs, ago..It overtook everything. Sends roots out into the grass. Had to dig it out the next year as it was going to my neighbors yard.
  • Joann Davis Joann Davis on Aug 10, 2014
    passion flower people also say passion of Christ flower
  • R.V.R. Farris R.V.R. Farris on Aug 10, 2014
    We had two plants on our fence at our last house. Every year the Fritillary caterpillars would just about devour both plants. Then, the caterpillars turned into butterflies and the plants would re sprout all along the vines, with the addition of blooms and the butterflies would return and lay more eggs. This went on for ten years. We never had a problem with the vines attempting to take over. I'm guessing the butterflies helped to keep them in check. The passion flowers are an extremely good food source for these butterflies.
  • Carole Carole on Aug 10, 2014
    Passionfruit vine - lucky you. The flowers are beautiful. If it is invasive, could you dig it out and put into a large pot with some trellis for it to grow up. Might even reward you with some fruit.