A tree being overtaken by creepers

They really took my eye.

@Chellezhere I do not think do.

Is there no kudzu in Louisiana?

Certainly trees can be killed when taken over by a vine or creeper.

It's beautiful, I'm going to research this to see if I can grow it here. I just looked up 'hardenbergia' and it claims it comes in a variety of colors, I would love to have that growing in my yard EDIT: I found information on Hardenbergia comptoniana which I hope to grow here except it might not like the desert.

@rebelann Good luck with it. Wouldn't it be great if it grew for you?

Do you know the name of the creeper? Most are very prolific. Here is a native hardenbergia at our old home in Donnybrook.

Ivy really takes over. A lot of the old ruins in Ireland are half hidden by ivy.

@JudyEv More than a few houses in use have been overtaken around here!

Ivy can really take over, can't it?

@JudyEv It does. Ivy takes over everything.

They can indeed. They can be very strong and fast growers.

@Chellezhere A neglected garden can really become a wild mess of vegetation.

@JudyEv Yes, they are. I know a man who was too last to fo his own yardwork, so he hired someone to do it, but only paid him to mow. He was the third owner of the property. It was originally owned by a professional landscaper, and then a gardener, so once upon a time, it was the prettiest property on the block. The man I knew never had the trees and bushes manicured, and over the course of thirteen years, they became so overgrown that the vines reaches seven feet into his rooftop.

Sometimes they are but not always. These aren't really parasitic plants.

There were dozens like this. I wish I'd taken more photos of them.

You don't see them so much in Australia. Certainly some have them but it's often not really cold enough.

@JudyEv We are having a winter-like spring, and today's high is only 8 and it is damp out, today would be a spring scarf day if I were going out.

I was surprised how much warmer I felt with a scarf. They aren't really used a lot in Australia. It's rarely cold enough.

Sometimes you'd see a heap of them all with green coats.

Some car A/Cs can be very cold indeed. The one in our Toyota Prado is very good and easy to adjust. The one in the Kia Cerato isn't so good and can get very cold.

We saw a lot of such trees. I don't really know what impact they might have.

There are dozens in Ireland with creepers growing up them but I only got this one photo.