Plant Identification Help Please
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Can anyone please tell me what this plant is? It appears to be some sort of vine. It has unusual leaves, small white flowers that look similar to jasmine, but there is no smell. This thing is climbing all over my fence from the neighbour's side. In the past few weeks, this has grown a good 1-2 feet taller than my 6 foot fence and it's starting to grow up the side of my house and drain pipes and smothering the camellias on my side of the fence. I'm wondering if I should be concerned or if it's just annoying but harmless vine of some sort.
I've also had some sort of vine popping up underground primarily coming from underneath said fence, but this vine seems to be spreading throughout my garden now. It appears to 'know' where my plants are and sneaks up next to them and before you can blink it's wrapped itself around my plant and is circling it's way up the branches. Whatever it is is very fast growing and spreads underground. I wonder if the thing growing over my fence is the same thing that is spreading underground?





I've also had some sort of vine popping up underground primarily coming from underneath said fence, but this vine seems to be spreading throughout my garden now. It appears to 'know' where my plants are and sneaks up next to them and before you can blink it's wrapped itself around my plant and is circling it's way up the branches. Whatever it is is very fast growing and spreads underground. I wonder if the thing growing over my fence is the same thing that is spreading underground?





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Best to remove that bindweed.
As for the bindweed, I've been reading that me continually cutting off the vines as they appear might eventually stop it growing as it forces the plant to put out too much energy to keep producing new vines. Anyone else had experience with that? I hate to use weed killer and especially as it seems to be popping up right next to plants that I would like to keep.
Thank you again!!:)
That's what I thought, that jasmine would have a smell. However, there is no smell at all from this plant.
The Bindweed will need digging out. But very difficult to really remove completely. Put this in as part of your weeding regime. If you have a dense border, filled with plants, stick some canes into the soil and train then into the cane so it’s less likely to strangle your other plants. When it’s time to weed, you have a point to start from.
Good to know the jasmine won't cause harm. That neighbour is rather 'difficult' so I'd prefer to just leave the plant alone as much as possible if it won't do any bother.