No I just saw it the other day and my first reaction was "oh man you better get all that Poison Ivy off of your fence." She has two small kids and is clueless about anything gardening related and was asking me for some advice as to what to plant along her new deck. The leaves do not look like trumpet vine, they are more oval shaped. At first I thought maybe there were two different vines growing together but I did see the same leaves on one of the hairy vines.

the former is one of the showier forms of Oxalis, and it's either a life-saver of a groundcover, or a bloody nuisance, depending on what your tastes are. I have a pink-flowering type with green leaves, and the burgundy strain you mentioned, and I find them wonderful company everywhere BUT my succulent bed the second one is a mystery to me, unless the leaves are distinctly fleshy, at which I would say it's 'one of those prostrate sedums' and leave it at that.

Thank you. I'll be sure to use that forum when I need ID assistance again. The area where this flower is will eventually be cleared out, and I'll be putting gravel there. I've decided to try to salvage the random nice flowers that pop up there from time to time-particularly hummingbird friendly plants. A couple months ago I found some nice garden phlox and put it in a flowerbed in our yard.

It's an epiphyllum, probably an epiphyllum hybrid (which typically contain other, similar genera, including Disocactus, Pseudorhipsalis and Selenicereus). These are commonly referred to as 'orchid cactus', but they are neither a true cactus nor an orchid :-) They are a semi-tropical succulent related to cactus that produces large, very showy flowers. They do produce an edible fruit (NOT a dragon fruit) but these are scarce on indoor plants. They are epiphytes, meaning they take advantage of other, larger plants - like trees - as a support system, like most tropical orchids do, and do not require soil in their native habitat. For home gardeners, they grow perfectly well in a good quality, fast draining potting mix. Unless you live in a semi-tropical climate or certainly a frost free zone (Z 10 or higher), these are not hardy outdoor. And they are pendant in habit, with those long branching structures cascading over the side of a container to often a significant length. One normally grows them in some sort of hanging basket structure or on a tall plant stand to show off the plant and its long branches to best effect. btw, the flowers form at the tips of these flattened leaves/branches so any pruning should be done cautiously. There are scads of websites on epis and if you do a bit of searching, they will provide all the growing info you need (rather than my repeating it all here!!). I find they are very easy to grow and will reward you with some gorgeous - if short-lived - flowers. I've got one setting flower buds now after being moved back indoors from its summer holiday location. Here's just one example of an epiphyllum website but do not stop with just one!! And be sure to check out any that show photo galleries of the blossoms - they are incredible!!