the welcome intruder

I know, from my Aunt Anne with the green thumb, that Wisteria is a weed, a vine, some version of a predator that will overtake my trees and shrubs and render them emaciated after it sucks the life out of them....

but I cannot help but love Wisteria this time of year, especially as it cascades like an canopy over the entrance to my backyard.

Does this make me a yard masochist?