Relentless March Of The Thunbergia

A couple of years ago, we cut down the monster Eugenia hedge between our house and the neighbors.  That left a bare chain-link fence that wasn't much fun to look at, so Cindy decided to plant some Thunbergia, also known as Black-eyed Susan Vine, to hide the fence.  It certainly did that, and in fact, it looks rather pretty.   However, the Thunbergia liked the location so much that now it seems hell-bent on world domination.

Cindy trimmed it back before we left for the mid-West in July, because the walkway was starting to disappear under Thunbergia vine.  We were gone just over two weeks, and when we got home, the Thunbergia was sending out shoots crawling across the sidewalk toward the house again.  She trimmed it again, and now it's back.

Maybe some day it will meet the zucchini vine, which also seems to have world conquest on its mind.