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Comment by kim thompson on May 1, 2012 at 3:50pm

the picture below is my enemy..pretty but unruley. my mother in law called this the chameleon flower..i have battled it for years..it is so invasive and i dig it up every year..any suggestions on eradicated it without killing the surrounding plants

Comment by kim thompson on May 1, 2012 at 3:48pm

Comment by Richard Webb on December 25, 2009 at 8:22am

I don't use vines or lianas (woody vines) very often in my landscapes because most easily spread out of bounds and get on other plants and things. Virginia Creeper is a native liana that would be better than Eng Ivy or Jasmine for a creek area probably shady. There are a number of shrubs that like running water areas that would work well in such a situation.

Comment by Richard Webb on December 12, 2009 at 9:13pm

Here in southeast Pennsylvania the Fishpole Bamboo (a Phyllostachys) is commonly planted and it is a monster getting about 25 ft high and sending out rhizomes about 20 ft from the mother clump. Fargesia bamboo is much smaller and stays as a clump.

Comment by Kimberly Judson on August 19, 2009 at 6:14pm

Could work. I was thinking with one of my biggest 'pest plants' I'd offer it up to the local nurseries first before I tried a total herbicide.

Comment by Alice Campbell on August 19, 2009 at 2:41pm

Someone once told me that any plant that does not stay where you put it is a weed! I have some plants that filled in nicely and stayed put but others that have become over crowded or moved somehow. Maybe I could sell the little buggers at the farmer's market?!!