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daylilydreams said:They take several years to bloom. I would advise you to get rid of the trumpet vine while it is still smaller. They will spread all over from their roots and are almost extremely difficult to get rid of as they will sprout all over the place. I speak from experience someone gave me a start, which grew and took it's sweet time to bloom. The vine looked good for a number of years until it started sprouting all over the garden. I got rid of the main vine a number of years ago and still it sprouts in the garden from the roots that traveled. I would never ever had planted one if I had been aware of what a thug it is, now years later I am still trying to get rid of those sprouts that pop up overnite and grow fast.

Thanks for sharing your experience with them, sorry it was such a negative one. These are in a container if that's any advantage to controlling them. Time will tell, but for now I'll keep them. However had I known they take that long to bloom I would have went with the MGs instead. As far as unwanted things sprouting up, I have lots of that anyway in the form of various weeds that are impossible to keep up with.