Eek......looks like bindweed

it does have nice flowers so one man's weed is another's ...

Bindweed is a name applied to many different species of Convolvulus and other members of the Convolvulaceae.

Dig it out before you have it everywhere.

I understand floral. People do consider bindweed to be a weed for its invasive nature.I find them all pretty including the arvensis.

Well,I agree, they are most all of them pretty, this type of vine can be a real problem. If it seeds itself,it coly grow everywhere and choke out other vines and flowers. 😬

Getgoing, I was replying to the post above yours which called the plant ’Bindweed’. I meant that that name is a generic term covering multiple plants, and is not a precise or meaningful id.

I agee they're pretty. So pretty that the nightmare Calystegia sepium was first introduced as an ornamental. But if you're trying to grow a garden they're bad news.

Floral....For those of us that struggle with this plant overrunning our yards...we don't even want to give it a proper name!

Believe me, I do know about strugglng with bindweed. But not all ‘bindweeds’ are equally difficult to deal with so it’s useful to precisely know which one you're dealing with, so you know what you're up against. The one I have, Calystegia sepium, climbs high over shrubs, fences and hedges and will completely cover them if allowed to. It’s far worse than Convolvulus arvensis.

Well, if it's bindweed of any kind, it's toast! I have the kind, (no I'm not a bindweed expert), that twines and chokes everything that it comes near. It's a "gift" from my neighbors yard.

That pretty much describes any of the plants called ‘bindweed.’ Hence the name. If you want to know which species you have a picture might get an id.

I'm "lucky" enough to have 3 kinds!

Right on!!! 🤗😁

It's not Bindweed, the leaves are different...

I did find some other mature specimens around town in unmowed areas that do have the same leaves, though. And some pretty dope flower clusters about ~3.5" across!

I think it is actually a Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. cynanchoides (Fringed Twinevine)...a beautiful native vine that has actually been on my wish list for a while now!! Wow, imagine that...and it even gifted itself into my own planter, lol!

Funastrum has opposite foliage with a bad smell. Your plant appears to be alternate. How does it smell?

The original pic does look like alternate arrangement, but in a couple blurry spots seems like it could be opposite. It would seem the vine has had some leaves removed. At first I thought that it was Convolvulus arvensis for sure, but the leaves match the leaf shapes of the new pictures. So you should really take notice what the leaf arrangement is when you photograph the plant, and make sure to clearly show the arrangement, rather then staging it deceptively to appear otherwise. Of course noone guessed it, how could we? Or the original pic was Convolvulus arvensis, but I doubt it. Funastrum cynanchoides usually has narrower leaves, but there is a lot of variation. It's not the 1st time either. We could have solved it sooner if not for the 'bindweed' diversion.

^ Sorry, this was not a trick, rhetorical question, and I did not stage it in any way. And I definitely appreciated all the feedback (as always)!

But, I really did not know what this was...until I just found some flowering specimens elsewhere 2 days ago, and noticed the leaves matched.

Just to be clear, I am never posting questions in here that I already know the answer to just to stump anyone. No, just no, lol. The thought never even crossed my mind, nor do I have the time to waste...

Although I did never feel it was Bindweed, because the leaves never matched it... However, I had no idea what it actually was...until 2 days ago.

I didn't mean to sound like you tricked us. When I say staging, I just.mean taking the picture. In this case the original vine was either missing leaves when you came upon it, and you photographed it as it was. You didn't notice it had a leaf arrangement issue. I was asking you to try to dicern the leaf arrangement before you photograph the plant, and to stage it so us viewers can clearly see the leaf arrangement. In this case the more viewable parts of the photo showed what appeared as an alternative arrangement, and it was sketchy and blurry in the couple spots where there might have been opposite foliage, so we all assumed it was alternate. Unless the 1st photo really was Convolvulus arvensis.🤔 I asked you if the recent photos are of the same plant as in the original photo? There are 2 scenarios. 1. The original photo was Convolvulus arvensis. 2. The original photo was Funastrum cynanchoides that was missing some leaves. I never said you knew what the plants were before you post them. I don't think that. I may have said the photo was deceptively staged, but I meant that because the leaf arrangement threw us off the photo was deceptive to us, not implying that you were being deceptive. I'm just used to seeing high quality plant photos where every part of the plant that might be necessary for an ID is shown clearly. So don't worry. I enjoy your posts, and I'm glad you do them.

Ah gotcha...here's a current pic of my pet volunteer taken today.

So floral_uk is right, it does have alternate leaves...unlike Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. cynanchoides. Sooooo...maybe it is NOT Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. cynanchoides, and perhaps actually Bindweed after all?

The leaf shape of the Convolvulus is very similar to the variety of Funastrum you found. Now, where will you get a plant?

^ Get a plant of what?

And OK, so the crowd here was right! It finally bloomed this week with ~2" white flowers and so it is definitely a Bindweed...I'm guessing Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), to be precise?

But, it's non-native and possibly invasive, so I guess I'll have to pull the plug on it, even though it is a cutey!

Yeah, it's always the cute ones. They deceive you into thinking they're all innocent and cuddly, right up to the time they strangle you in your sleep, lol.

Ahem....😉

Considering you have waited so long, you like the flowers and it is growing in a tiny container, you could enjoy the flowers for a while. Pinch off all spent flowers, no seeds, no invasiveness.

The seeds are not the only cause of invasiveness. Any fraction of root can produce a new plant. It’s a weed which thrives on cultivation.

But it is confined to a container so the roots should remain confined until disposed off? I guess if the potting mix is recycled and spread on the ground/garden at some point it would take off from any root remnants...