Please can somebody identify this plant?

Barn5tormer

Hello everyone!

I wonder if anybody would be kind enough to identify this plant for us, please? I've searched all sorts of sites and books and I just can't identify it. The bulk of it is growing allover a large rose bush we've got (the larger pink flowers in my pictures are the roses), and is tangled all through the branches and foliage, but it now seems to be appearing along the whole length of the garden. It seems to be growing from strong, woody stems/vines which are growing all along the ground at the base of the fence. From there it also spreads out along the ground via what look like dead twigs but are green inside when cut, and they put down roots (forming a new plant I suppose) every 12 inches or so. It has long thin leaves which are in alternating pairs. We keep cutting it back and chopping the parts which run along the ground but it grows again very quickly. It looks like maybe some kind of Vetch, I thought, but it doesn't quite match any of the pictures I've found. I'm also sure it's not Knotweed or Bindweed. The pictures don't do justice to the size of it, it's huge.

If anybody can help please it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

David

B3

Jasminium beesianum. A total PITA. It will wrap itself around anything in its path.

Dovefromabove

Hi @davidstorey15 and welcome to the forum
 😊 

That’s Jasminum beesianum

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/jasminum-beesianum/

B3

Cut it at ground level and remove it from the rose when it's dead. You'll do less damage then. Then you'll need to dig it out. Fortunately, the roots don't go particularly deep. Then you have to keep an eye out for shoots and dispose of them. You'll win - eventually m

Barn5tormer

B3 said:

Cut it at ground level and remove it from the rose when it's dead. You'll do less damage then. Then you'll need to dig it out. Fortunately, the roots don't go particularly deep. Then you have to keep an eye out for shoots and dispose of them. You'll win - eventually m

Thanks for the advice B3. A couple of weeks ago I cut quite a lot of the strands out of the rose bush very carefully (but I stupidly got scratched all over both hands, I didn't notice how bad it was until it was too late and I didn't have any proper gloves). The rose bush suffered no damage at all, just me. I tried to cut it as close to the ground as I could, but I really need to get right in underneath and cut the (very many) thicker bits where it's growing from. At least I know what it is now.

Thanks again

B3

Been there. Done that😉

Barn5tormer

B3 said:

Been there. Done that😉

It was so sore the next day. I looked it up and found out there were fungal infections you can get from rose thorns and that it can be weeks before you get ill - hopefully that's not going to be the case. That's what I get for trying to help the rose bush

Barn5tormer

Treeface said:

Gloves! Why does no one on this forums seem to wear gloves?!

Lesson learned