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bamboo! very invasive and impossible to get rid of!
I concur! I once had bamboo hedge that was out of control. I just about broke my back digging it out. I finally got rid of the worst of it. Even now, it still pops up, but it's small enough to mow under. It's just about the toughest plant I've ever seen.
If I was to list invasive plants in my area, the list would never end but my most hated is Russian Sage. A couple of years ago a friend and I worked for the city parks department and we were overhauling the beds in one of the downtown parks, they hadn't had much attention in YEARS and the plants were so overgrown it was ugly, anyway we spent 2 days digging up a Russian Sage that was killing off roses it was so big. Dug out the entire plant, lifted all the other plants in the bed, dug 2' down removing all roots and amending soil. Replanted all desireable plants, mulched, 2 weeks later -- Russian Sage!! The roots had even burrowed under this 10'x10' pad of concrete and come up in the bed across the way. Nasty stuff. And yet, people actually pay money for it.
I concur! I once had bamboo hedge that was out of control. I just about broke my back digging it out. I finally got rid of the worst of it. Even now, it still pops up, but it's small enough to mow under. It's just about the toughest plant I've ever seen.
You sould see the backyard of my rental house. The bamboo is so thick it swallowed a Jeep, you can't even see it anymore. Actually, the bamboo is in every backyard on that block. I pushed it all over with a tractor several years ago and then plowed the ground, and it still came back.
hey, Azoria - I love my Ivy in Arkansas! LOL! I have an old vine that has filled a bed and I have to trim it once every three months or so to remind it who's boss, but it is a great green cover year round...DO you have any idea how I can move some of it though...I have tried several times, but it seems it just doesn't take well when transplanted. I don't know if it is this Southern red clay we call soil or maybe I'm not doing something right. I tried transplanting some by bare root in a shady place and some in full sun...both withered within weeks...even with regular watering...I have had a single bare root transplant to take...but it is hanging on by a thread with the recent frost we have just had...
Take a piece of the ivy that's not rooted. Poke a hole through a plastic pot or cup, pull the vine through it. Fill with dirt. Wait 8 weeks and cut it free. You should be able to plant it out. In the winter, it may take longer to root.
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. Actually, the bamboo is in every backyard on that block. I pushed it all over with a tractor several years ago and then plowed the ground, and it still came back.
