Yes, the picture is wrong but the article is just fine and contains lots of good information. Martin is a very well know garden writer with many book and magazine articles to her credit.

When I read this, I couldn't resist posting these two photos of a trumpet vine that was planted by one of the former owners here. Yes, it's bent on world domination, even here in zone five. I've been pulling up suckers and/or spraying them with Roundup Brush Killer for 24 years. However, it does do a nice job of shading my table later in the afternoon. It also attracts hummingbirds.

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Respect your opinion but look at the comments - the Post readership is squarely in my corner.

And as various people here will attest to I'm hardly as much of an invasives 'alarmist' as some, but that article clearly downplays the risks of them.

Yes, we can agree!! 😊 Although it is in the same plant family.......,

David, which "trumpet vine" did you find as problematic as Campsis radicans? Tecoma capensis doesn't even overwinter reliably in my very mild climate.

The Asian 'Morning Calm' was not calm enough LOL. I of course never even tried to grow the native C. radicans. Then I tried a C. X tagliabuana. Same thing, and the flowers were hideous.

Lastly trying Bignonia capreolata, and in a very far corner of the garden where it can hopefully climb up a huge maple (the last on my property) and not make a nuisance of itself. And what do you know, in two years it has barely grown! The soil directly under a huge red maple is of course, inhospitable.

As for the article, ok maybe "terrible" is a LITTLE harsh...but if I were a newspaper garden writer, I can't imagine writing an article about vines without opening with a disclaimer that vines are by their very nature some of the most aggressive plants in a garden, whether native or not, and therefore many of our worst invasives are vines.

I have both in my yard - and both are aggressive, but the Campsis is by far a more aggressive spreader than the Cape honeysuckle. It sends up sprouts far, far away from the main plant, while the Tecoma just wants to smother things it grows on.

However, the leaves in the OP photo don't look right for Cape honeysuckle or Campsis - both of mine have compound leaves, like Nancy's photos show.

Wondering if some intern was tasked with finding photos for the article...?

I believe that might be Florida flame vine...Pyrostegia venusta

I agree on its being Pyrostegia. Gardening, plant and nature articles often have incorrect pictures. My guess is that the authors don't select the illustrations themselves. Some other member of staff, who knows little about the subject, just finds one. I've seen Fuchsia flowers shown upside down, hawthorn flowers for cherry blossom and monarchs on pieces about British butterflies.

Thanks, I'm glad we sorted out what it actually was.