Is trumpet vine Campsis really the devil?

Oh dear I didn’t know about it, but looking it up online it seems as if it’s extremely invasive and grows roots that can crumble the Rock of Gibraltar and damage structures so maybe not such a good idea to keep in a garden As you ve only bought it recently can’t you dig it up and take it back to the garden centre and say have your destructive plant back thanks very much!
It sounds as if it ll have your new fence for breakfast
Maybe dig it out before it gets established and give it to your worst enemy as a present ( only joking)

BlueBelle

Oh dear I didn’t know about it, but looking it up online it seems as if it’s extremely invasive and grows roots that can crumble the Rock of Gibraltar and damage structures so maybe not such a good idea to keep in a garden As you ve only bought it recently can’t you dig it up and take it back to the garden centre and say have your destructive plant back thanks very much!
It sounds as if it ll have your new fence for breakfast
Maybe dig it out before it gets established and give it to your worst enemy as a present ( only joking)

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I didn’t know it was invasive. I haven’t any advice except to say we had one for many years. It was in a place where it got in the way walking by so I regularly broke pieces off it. Early this year I stripped all the growth from the main trunk and we dug it out. Several days later I replanted it somewhere else, kept watering it and was surprised it started to sprout new growth. As my water butt is empty I don’t water and it has wilted. So it will be interesting to see if it perks up once we get rain.

I’ve just read it can spread underground but mine doesn’t seem to have done that 🤞

It is a very messy plant when the flowers drop which is why I moved it

Perhaps you could transfer it to a large pot so that the roots can't spread...

All of the above is correct and I would add that trumpet vine is slower growing, less invasive in cooler climates. It thrives and spreads in the sun. So I wouldn't have this in my garden now that our summers are so much hotter than of previous times.