I just saw this article, now I know why 😢

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/vines/trumpet-vine/trumpet-vine-no-blooms.htm

I'll need to transplant it next year somewhere where it will get sunlight at least 8 hours daily.

You need to get rid of it before it takes over your garden and your life. Just saying. 😬

You're not saying how much sun it gets. For this vine to bloom, it needs to be in full sun.

And/or, it could be overfertilized with nitrogen which promotes green growth at the expense of blooms. Is it near a lawn, by any chance, and gets some of the fertilizer runoff?

It really depends on your growing conditions. If you have the space and you're willing to do some regular training and maintenance, it can be spectacular.

I planted it at my previous house and, during the 10 years I lived there, I didn't get any suckers or seedlings. It helped that it was planted in dry, compacted, rocky clay.

It looked great, hummers LOVED it, and birds made nests in it. I really miss it...

It is not a plant I could ever in good conscience recommend planting. The maintenance horror stories far outweigh any flowering benefits and JoJo's experience is the exception, not the rule :-)

As I said, if you have the space and you're willing to do some training and maintenance, it can be spectacular. If you have the right conditions (like dry, rocky soil) and a large support structure, it's perfectly well-behaved. There's a reason why it's a popular nursery plant . Maybe not in your area, but in other parts of the country.

I would blame the gardener for planting the wrong plant in the wrong spot, not the plant itself.

Unless one has had experience growing this vine previously, it is hard to fault the gardener planting it :-) It doesn't exactly come with a warning tag! And if all the hundreds and thousands of complaints associated with the very aggressively spreading nature of this vine are just a matter of wrong plant, wrong place, then it is difficult to come to any other conclusion that very (VERY) few locations will offer up a "perfectly well-behaved" vine.

FWIW, mine was planted in an opening of a paved courtyard, against the surrounding privacy fence. It is difficult to have less desirable soil than what existed under the 24" square pavers, yet the plant sent up root suckers after a couple of years that extended 25' or more from the mother plant and came up between the pavers, lifted some and even grew up through the wooden decking of the dining room stoop that connected the house to the courtyard. Took me 5 years to get rid of all the root shoots after removing the main plant

Based on all the other similar comments one finds online - including these forums - I would have to say that the vine is more problematic in most sitings than not. YMMV

Perhaps it's because folks usually post to complain and ask for advice on how to solve a problem? Just saying...

I know by now that you won't let it go so... as I mentioned before... I'm not playing this game. Please don't feel obliged to disagree with everything I say, because "it's on the internet." I don't enjoy being stalked.

Then it is a problem a great many people have. And is something that is well noted on most horticultural sites discussing this vine.

And I have no idea where you are coming from with your additional, personal comments, which are really quite unnecessary and borderline offensive!! I am NOT stalking you but merely agreeing with and emphasizing the comments made by several others. If this disagrees with your opinion, that's fine. You are well entitled to your opinion even if it does not match those of many others.

We had it at a previous hone. The previous owners had planted it against the back fence. It continually traveled 30' or more underground and came up all over the vegetable garden. NO amount of maintenance could contain it and no amount of cutting it down or back made the slightest difference. When I see it in a garden center, I want to attach a skull and crossbones!

Callirhoe, I have this reaction when I see a wisteria. A neighbor's plant popped up in my raspberry patch -- the worst possible place! After weeks of fighting the roots, I looked like I was attacked by a bear. The neighbors didn't let us remove the roots leading to our property, because it would ruin their lawn (*sigh*), so it was a never-ending struggle.

I love Wisteria. Yet, I would never plant one unless I had a giant piece of land.

Well,

I'm not faulting ANYONE, I just love to talk vines. The Trumpet vine is stunning and attracts the hummers, I love it. Each person can decide if they will, or will not plant it. Anywho, I can't remember where It came from, down in the country, or from a friend, but I had a small piece and planted it in the yard, by the fence, near the neighbors property. Well it took off, put down roots like a pit bull on a ham sandwich!!!! It tore through the soil and made a "b' line for the neighbors yard. I was terrified that it would take over her life, and her family would come for me. Finally, when she wasn't home, there was the opportunity to dig to China to find it. I did, because it was still a very young one. Never again will I plant that vine, but it IS beautiful. It could probably grow through cement. Like my similar post said, if I was rich, and had a huge peice of land, It would be great to plant it, AND Wisteria. Guess I'll just have to be content with my awesome Morning Glories. Dena 😁🌸