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Thanks. I spent this past weekend pulling out/spraying most of the english ivy that overtook my back fence adjacent to my neighbors. I'm planning to pull/spray the rest this weekend. The ivy has halfway scaled up a 70+ ft tall tree in one of their yards and it's close enough to the fence that I sprayed the huge roots of the ivy towards the base hoping that that kills it. I think it'll be a multi-year project to try to totally eradicate it, and even then I don't know if I'll be able to because the other neighbor has it growing all throughout his yard and doesn't seem to care that it's climbing over all of his stuff back there.
I'm not so sure I'd agree with many of those. Spirea japonica? Really? I wish!
They didn't include Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper) and that horrendous thug we've all fall for at some point: Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' , aka Bishop's Weed.
Hmm, we have Nadina domestica in our flowerbeds, planted by the previous owner. I've never had an issue with them being "invasive".
Bradford pears are invasive? I had no idea. They are everywhere because it's fast growing. We have 6 lining our driveway, again courtesy of the previous owners. Once they die though, we will be replacing them with something else.
Oh yes, Bradford and all the other "Callery" pears are horrible! Our developer planted Cleveland Pears all up and down the street, and we have volunteers coming up everywhere, every year. Nurseries in the KC area aren't even selling them anymore, and not just because they tend to split, but also because they're so invasive. I absolutely hate these trees and am pretty glad to see some fireblight on ours. The two on our neighbors' front stirip were killed by fireblight, so YAY!!!
I have been trying to get rid of honeysuckle that the previous owner planted in many spots and allowed to spread! The roots are amazing and how it takes hold on shrubs and trees. I would never plant it.
It's too cold here for most of those plants to become invasive.
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