Anyone know what the name of this wild vine is?

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I've seen it on the wilder portions of our property and it has twined around my porch railing. It's rather pretty. Heart-shaped leaves, little cream colored flowers. I live in New York State.

Mary Law · Answer

Looks like Carolina Jasmine

360 Sod (Donna Dixson) · Answer

Leaves look too fat and blooms are not right for a Carolina Jasmine.

Penn Harvey · Answer

I have it & now have medium sized chayote like bulbs on it. Not a chayote, I looked it up.

Claudia of Mockingbird Hill Cottage · Answer

Thanks everyone! I think I've found the name of this vine, via a reader of my blog. It's Polygonum Scandens, part of the buckwheat family. And it's invasive, unfortunately!

Heidi @ Heidi Ho-rticulture · Answer

Very invasive. If you pull it out, try not to let its seeds drop. Or you''ll be pulling it out again!

Kay Love-Wood · Answer

Not Caroline Jasmine for sure, cause it has a bright yellow bloom and a thicker leave. Is Scandens just active in your zone???

Cathie J Cadman · Answer

It's a type of Jasmine!

Gretchen · Answer

If the seeds scattered, you can use a pre-emergent like Preen in that area to keep them from germinating!

Peg · Answer

Claudia, it does look like Polygonum Scandens/ climbing buckwheat. Does it have reddish vines? We see a lot of it near damp, wet areas. I'm also from NY, maybe an hour or so from you, this plant is a pest.

Sondra · Answer

I think it's lovely. It's a pest, only if you don't like it...same for some weeds. I read that somewhere.

Cathie J Cadman · Answer

@Claudia of Mockingbird Hill Cottage, thank you for the right information!

Cheryl · Answer

It is like the bindweed & you don't want the flowers or even parts of the vine to be left. BURN every piece you have of it as it doesn't compost away unless you put it in a bucket of water to rot 1st which smells awful. It comes again & again. Good luck to you on getting rid of it!!!

Julie · Answer

This vine is in my garden for the first time! I have not seen it here in any of my gardens before. Thanks to everyone on this site I now know what ( safe disposal) do do with it. I left my shop property for two weeks and returned to find the front garden covered with it. It's a monster!

Patty A · Answer

i asked a question months ago on identifying this same plant...it comes up each year and climbs my deck railing,and turns a beautiful red in autumn. I have had no trouble whatsoever with spreading. It remains in a pot on my deck and the flowers that fall do not germinate. Enjoy it.

Mary Law · Answer

Carolina Jasmine

Martha Beltz · Answer

It's a weed,it will choke your other plants! it produces a fruit that looks like Chayote squash,,,but isn't,it has fluffy white stuff inside the pod

Rosanne · Answer

I can see that it has white flowers and c Jessamine has yellow flowers

Mary Law · Answer

Perhaps it's Angel Trumpet Vine?

Sally Roesner Fuhr · Answer

It is not angel trumpet vine. BTW, all parts of the angel trumpet are poisonous. It is a close cousin of jimson weed! Jimson weed blossoms smell wonderful too. Ranchers call it locoweed because it induces hallucinations--even in animals.

Claudia of Mockingbird Hill Cottage · Answer

Thanks for the recent contributions everyone, but if you scroll up this post you'll see I identified it back in September. It's Polygonum Scandens and it spreads very quickly.

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