Dealing with Invasive Plants - Ivy, Privet, Mulberry, Nandina, Rose of Sharon, Vinca, Bamboo

Dealing with Invasive Plants - Ivy, Privet, Mulberry, Nandina, Rose of Sharon, Vinca, Bamboo - In this video I show some of the invasive plants that have taken over large parts of my neighborhood.
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[@Motocav83]

Thanks for sharing that. We recently bought a house that has a backyard filled with invasive plants. English ivy, bradford pear, privet, honeysuckle. I've been battling it for over a year now and its getting better. I think I'll be dealing with it for years, but i'm happy my little patch of earth in central Virginia isn't spreading unchecked anymore.

[@artby1285]

Twice a month is just what you need to keep them at bay.

[@hakdov6496]

I have a small creek behind my house that is overrun with privet and honey suckle. I've been slowly removing them and planting native trees like paw paws and American plums.

[@marylovejoy1]

I've been fighting with vinca, ivy, honeysuckle, and wisteria. It blows my mind that people can just buy these things at reputable garden centers! My husband was joking we could make a ton of money selling plugs of the vinca that I keep digging up.

[@sew_gal7340]

PLEASE GIVE ME VINCAS! I just bought a tray of 30 tiny plants of periwinkle and i was able to transplant them all in my garden! Cant wait to see how they do lol

[@karunald]

@@sew_gal7340 how sad.

[@Plantaddicted]

The reason they sell invasive plants is because they are so easy to propagate, and mature quickly. I agree they should be banned, since they cause a significant amount of economic damage to farmers, homeowners, and the ecology.

[@threeriversforge1997]

When I was in school, I loved the Nandina. I just thought it was a very attractive, easy to grow plant that fit a lot of designs. Unfortunately, the hort schools rarely talk about the damage that the hort industry has done to our native ecosystem. Now that I know better, I've become something of a "purist" and only deal in native plants. Folks see the green and think everything's okay. What they don't realize is that the damage you see in this video is the equivalent of an oil spill. Those non-native plants are killing off not only native plants, but the things that evolved to eat the native plants. By fracturing the food web, causing huge gaps between one oasis of food and nesting resources, the animals that evolved to rely on the plants die off b/c they don't have the energy to travel and hope that they find a place to stop, eat, breed, nest, etc. Since the 70's, we've lost 30,000,000 songbirds because we've worked tirelessly to replace native plants with non-natives. It might not sound right, but you have to remember that the insects that eat the native plants literally cannot eat the non-natives. That's why the non-natives don't get holes in their leaves. And guess what songbirds need to feed the chicks in their nests? If you guess the insects that eat native plants, you guessed right. Just one nest of chicks can require more than 4,000 caterpillars and other "soft protein" sources. Putting out seeds in a feeder is nice, but baby birds require soft food. Go through the average landscape around a home and sometimes the plants can be more than 80% non-native, including the turf grass. When you have entire neighborhoods and subdivisions filled with non-native plants, that's a black hole of doom for the birds and pollinators who rely on the native ecosystem. This is what the Hort industry doesn't tell folks because we're trained to look at the "pretty" and the money. Pretty plants sell. Plants that have holes in their leaves from the insects eating them... well, they can cause worry in potential customers. Who wants to buy a plant that looks ratty right out of the gate? Jim does a good job of explaining some things in the video, but I would suggest everyone watch some videos by Dr. Doug Tallamy here on KZbin. He's done a good job of curating a ton of studies from around the nation, and explains them in a way that's easy to understand for the layman.

[@knikfar]

My entire property looked like these areas when I purchased my home in 2019. It took me about a year but I finally removed all of it. Babies still pop up once in a while and I have to yank them out. I'm mostly keeping my neighbors invasive jungle in check.

[@penneya3911]

I spend every spring fighting yellow oxalis, there’s even a yard nearby where it has entirely taken over the landscape. It’s truly a menace. Then I went to the garden center and it’s being sold in cans for $8 a pop.

[@aalejardin]

This should be required viewing for all homeowners! It still surprises me to find plants for sale that are prone to grow out of control -- sometimes you need to read between the lines in the description to figure out that a plant could become a problem. The property I bought has Japanese knotweed, garlic mustard, stilt grass, wisteria, multiflora roses, wineberries, english ivy etc. The previous owner was treating some of the multiflora roses as ornamentals in the flower beds. Also planted sorbaria in a perennial border -- it has pretty foliage but it is spreading underground all over the place. Clearing this stuff out will be a multi-year project. It's important to think about what will replace the plants you rip out or kill -- barren ground will just encourage the seed bank in the soil to bring forth new horrors.

[@barbarathompson7359]

Thanks Jim.....great video. Good advice on creating a buffer zone with neighboring property. We did that years ago and it has been very helpful. We refer to ours as the "DMZ", in keeping with our war on the weeds!

[@JimPutnam]

That's funny!

[@yourpathmatters]

@@JimPutnam This is one of your best videos. I really like expert plant identification of the natural areas around us.

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Amazing how many invasive plants there are! I’m exclusively planting locally native plants at my new house. There are so many great native plants to choose from that there’s simply no reason to grow anything else.

[@suzntrott]

snow in mountain or goutweed -- finally figured out how to deal with it by covering it with brown paper bags, layers of cardboard & couple layers of mulch. I have been slowly working on a different area over the summers to get my gardening bed back. Next I think I am going to dig up my vinca as I am thinking it's taking over.

[@amerwine]

Thanks for putting information out there how bad the situation can be (and is). Non natives are literally choking out our native plants for the wildlife. Learn your land and plant for the planet. Grow native plants and thrive for straight species of that plant. Earth day every day!

[@robertwilhelm7002]

Norway maple, bradford pear, japanese stiltgrass, oriental bittersweet are terrible here in central NJ. I see huge stands in our woodlands of these invasive plants. Thanks for making us aware Jim of this problem -wish there was a solution.

[@ashleighwilliams1729]

Michigan resident here. I am battling snow on the mountain, English ivy, mulberry, rose of sharon, invasive honeysuckle bush, and a couple other bushes that help popping up. It has really taken a toll on my love for gardening.

[@williebones53]

I had a wisteria vine growing on a fence in my backyard. I cut down the vine and removed all of the wisteria that I could see but for years I’ve had little wisteria plants popping up in my lawn. I’ve been mowing right over them and I think I finally have the job tackled.

[@kimim2702]

I’m tired of being told that nurseries will stop selling nonnative invasives when the consumer stops requesting them. Nurseries need to step up and take the lead on protecting our native plants and wildlife by discontinuing the sale of destructive plants. I always ask for native plants when shopping at nurseries which is sometimes met with scorn.

[@databang]

Thanks Jim. My scourge is field bindweed _convolvulus arvensis_ in California zone 10A. After *removing* most of the extensive rhizome system and cutting any emergence of the plant for two years, I’ve been able to diminish its stored root energy. But still have to be mindful and vigilant which is probably the only method of invasive prevention short of herbicide.

[@sherriianiro747]

Growing up we had blackberry brambles in a moist area by the acre property line. My father wanted them out of there because of the dogs running thru them & the day he was going to take them out we came across over a dozen species of birds on them along with nests with eggs within the thorny branches. That ended that idea and from that point on kept dogs away & I ended up making some of the best blackberry pies - saving some for the wildlife of course!

[@BigGary79]

I have about a 1 acre wooded area in the back of my property. It's one of my favorite things about the property, but I've spent a ton of time trying to get it under control. Tons and tons of vines completely taking over the trees. Cottonwood trees, eastern red cedars, poison ivy, etc... This past winter I made a lot of progress cleaning things up. During the spring and summer I'll focus on the lawn and flowerbeds. Hopefully in a year or two I'll have it all cleaned up.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Look into having a "forestry mulcher" come in and clean the place up. I was gobsmacked at how fast they can work, and how clean they leave the forest floor. While a lot of people thought I was crazy because of the expense, I looked at the last two years of hard labor I had done to try and clean things up. They can get the whole job done in a single day, maybe even a half-day, while you would struggle to get any kind of headway over months and months. The mulcher takes out everything you want taken out, leaving behind nothing but a floor of mulch that you can play on. No herbicides or the like. Then, all you have to do is maintain it.... which is gobs easier when you can walk around freely. Well worth every single penny!

[@slipperyjones]

Thanks for pumping out so much content. Love getting the alert that you have a new video out.

[@nevar23]

Honeysuckle, privets, and Virginia Creeper are my nemesis (nemesii? nemesises?). And they aren't really ornamental but Gray Everlasting and Sheep's Sorrel are testing my resolve not to use harmful chemicals in my yard. My property backs up to a golf course, but they stopped maintaining the strip of property between me and their immaculate greens and fairways so it's now a privet, bramble, and various icky ivies factory.

[@zach16]

that durn Virginia Creeper is like a roach, impossible to kill! And the funny (not really) thing is Laura, on Garden Answers, says it is a good plant out her way!

[@geenaw3809]

Great information here, Jim!! Was not aware of so many invasive plants. Thanks so much.

[@katiekane5247]

Much to my surprise, I've actually put a serious hurt on the Wisteria eating trees from the lot next door. We painted the cut trunks with undiluted glyphosate on a foam brush. Of course it's resprouting but I may prevent flowering this year. It only took a few ounces of herbicide & lots of hard work. Now, the English Ivy!

[@josweatt898]

Try painting the stuff specifically for poison Ivy and oak. It worked on the poison Ivy and the stem was 2 inches in diameter. It never came back. One treatment.

[@jenniferhooks2454]

I have Virginia creeper and cat briar, also cherry laurel seedlings. How wide a buffer zone have you set up?

[@corgilover57]

@@jenniferhooks2454 for cherry laurel....miles of buffer! LOL My neighbor has it lining her lot, and I am pulling it up every! single! day!

[@sunxtran2261]

Thanks for this video. I finally figured out what’s growing in the woods behind my house, which is autumn elaeagnus.

[@betsyvanweerdhuizen5316]

I live in the Pacific Northwest and the two main invasive weeds in my garden are horsetail and bindweed. It’s a never ending battle.

[@KaitlyntheGardener]

I’d love to see a video of you getting that vine out of the magnolia! Great video as always 💗 Thank you for sharing!

[@kathybuttsarnold3534]

Love all of your videos! I’m developing my garden knowledge later in life after having my front yard dug up for a new septic system. Your videos are like having a botanist in the neighborhood! My grandmother grew Rose of Sharon (c. 1940s), but she must have worked to keep it back. Japanese spindletree is the bane of my existence at my home in Georgia. Keep up the good work!

[@bettymcmenamin]

You just SPOKE how I FEEL about nearby areas...Knowing your personality, this is going to be an ongoing project... God Bless!

[@adoster2008]

We, too, live in downtown Raleigh and we fight all the noxious weeds you described. It’s my spring chore and fortunately, I like pulling weeds.

[@serbansaredwood]

Interesting learning about the invasive plants you have to deal with. I struggle with mainly European buckthorn and garlic mustard in my garden (Ontario zone 5)

[@KateMaureen14]

Yes! Just the video I've been needing. One of many who has just bought a house that's been taken over by ivy. The worst bit is the patch with holly bushes. Not looking forward to getting that out.

[@stephaniejohnson2937]

Vinca!! And creeping Jenny! It touched the ground from a pot and WOW!!! It ran everywhere 😂

[@jeanniecollier6763]

Great great video and information, Jim!!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Great video Jim. I am removing all the butterfly bushes in my yard...except one! LMAO I also have the sterile dwarfs---Pugster Blue and White. My neighbor has privets and the other neighbor has English Ivy. Towards the rear of my yard are wild rose with the wickedest thorns.... The fight is endless!

[@judymooney2993]

Great video. You are so knowledgeable and explain things very well. English ivy is our nemesis and creeps over from our neighbor. Ten years of cutting it but it keeps coming back.

[@mistyhartrum4167]

Loved the video. Very informative on non native invasive plants

[@mimimd9652]

I've been fighting my neighbor's invasive vines for years. Several years ago I planted lirope to block the vines to act as a buffer against the vines. Luckily for me, "Morticia" sold her house two weeks ago, so I've been digging up the lirope! Wherever I had it planted, it did a great job in holding back the vines. Now the briars are another story - they are absolutely hateful! But I see a light at the end of the tunnel!

[@megantchakarov449]

Thank you for this video Jim! We bought a house a little over a year ago in an old neighborhood that is brimming with invasive species. There is a one foot gap between my fence and the neighbors that is full of ivy, privet, nandina, cherry laurel, and honeysuckle. I've been digging up what I can out of my yard, but I'm not sure how to tackle the area between our fences. Our neighborhood also has a mistletoe problem. It's not in my oak tree yet, but I know it's only a matter of time.

[@kso808]

This video should be required viewing for all zone 7b gardeners! I live in nearby Chapel Hill, NC, and have seen just about all of the invasive plants shown in your video. As to my biggest problem child, I’d have to say it’s running bamboo. It escaped my neighbor’s yard in back of me, and last year I had it all cut down and mulched on-site, along with a 12” deep trench dug around the periphery of my back property, to sever it from the mother plant. However, I still have to deal with bamboo shoots coming up from the former rhizomes, for which I’m currently looking to hire someone to periodically cut with a weed eater.

[@meredithskeels2661]

I live in the Seattle area: Himalayan Blackberries, Knotweed, bindweed, English ivy, creeping buttercup, and scotch broom are mercilessly invasive. They will takeover an untended property within just a few years and it’s common to clear mature blackberries with a backhoe.

[@susanschellberg4509]

Very helpful. I battled English ivy for years but the deer started eating it about 5 years ago and now it is almost gone.

[@aalejardin]

I have often said, if only we could get the deer to eat the Japanese knotweed! Congratulations on your ivy control.

[@astroedits179]

Here in MA I battle garlic mustard, oriental bittersweet, blackberry brambles... I see a lot of Japanese knotweed by the roads but luckily don't have any of that.

[@SleepyKittens]

Statewide MN, it seems to be buckthorn. In my garden, its canadian thistle and quack grass. I've painted chemicals on the mulberry growing from neighbor's chainlink fence several times, but it won't stop - probably a deep taproot by now. Invasives is probably the only time I recommend black plastic sheet mulching, then a foot of wood chips.

[@colsen4616]

Our 35 year old house came with a huge bed of English ivy under several mature conifers. We’ve gotten it out of the trees and we keep the area along the fence lines clear. It’s an ongoing project (along with Himalayan blackberry), but we’re making headway. On the upside, it keeps the dry shade portion of the yard covered in the meantime.

[@kristooley4112]

like the 'buffer' zone - good tip!

[@michellehipsher7507]

Yeeees, Jim. Thank you for helping us recognize these. Here in 7a, poison ivy, Virginia creeper, vinca, wild inedible strawberries, wild violets….but the dang poison ivy is pretty bad back here. Ugh!

[@karlagrant3405]

Been needing this video, thanks! And it's privet. I'm in eastern NC.

[@davidkingman4545]

Thanks for information with your area. Here in northeast IL, I have garlic mustard, buckthorn, multi floral rose, honeysuckle, barberry, white mulberry, privet, and creeping Charlie that are challenges. There is some burning bush and wisteria, which doesn't spread as aggressively.

[@TB-cy1wt]

Thank you so much! been waiting for this video. Dealing with wild violets and yellow nutsedge in my flowerbeds. They pop up right through the crowns of my perennials. They are so difficult to get under control. Zone 8b Tidewater Va area.

[@JimPutnam]

Both of those are frustrating. Unfortunately, tenacity is the only answer.

[@zach16]

I had excellent results with Ortho Nutsedge killer. I thought I would NEVER get rid of the wild violets and that stuff put a big hurting on them, leaves burned up. Little hard on my grass, but worth it. NOW I finally know the name of that yellow bloomer, Fig Buttercup. Those tubers are nearly impossible to get rid of but I am working on them. Unfortunately, that is growing in with azaleas and Hostas, so it is difficult

[@larrymmatthews]

@@JimPutnam Meso 4SC is produced in Middlesex, NC and usually runs $10-$15, cheaper than Tenacity with the exact same chemical ingredient.

[@TB-cy1wt]

@@zach16 Thank you so much for the tip! I am going to try it out. I use a sponge paint brush . Very tedious but what can you do when they are right next to your desired plants!

[@LA-mn7jr]

This was very helpful thank you!

[@christinemcmains3895]

In my area, central Texas zone 8a, Japanese Ligustrium and bamboo! It has taken me 20 years to kill out the bamboo that was in my yard when we bought our house. I haven’t convinced my husband yet that the Ligustriums are weed trees. I got about 20 of the cut off our property but still have about 15 more to go. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rachelsgarden]

We lived in OK during the crazy cold 2021 winter and I was hopeful all the bamboo would die when it hit -15 degrees…nope…grew right back from the ground. That’s great you’re making progress!

[@day2658]

I am constantly pulling nandina out of my yard and garden beds. A nearby shopping center is covered with the older variety and our local wildlife seem more then happy to share the love.

[@cottagecharm1847]

Thanks for posting this. I would love for you to do a follow up video on how to control the wisteria I am battling that seems to grow several feet in a week sometimes. I live a couple of hours east of Raleigh just south of Winston-Salem. I love your channel and I have learned so much from you!

[@cherylstrawn9448]

Thank you for the informative video. We recently bought a house on 1.5 acres in North Mississippi, near Memphis, Zone 7b, and we couldn't even walk in the back yard as it was left to grow wild. Once we cleared out the leaves and saplings, spring wet weather and warmer temperatures caused the poison ivy to explode! We had half an acre of knee deep poison ivy, along with vines climbing up the trees. Unfortunately, we had to use chemicals to get rid of it. Most of it is gone, but we still spot spray. We recently had trees removed and trimmed so more sunlight can get to back yard, and am hoping this will help. We have just about everything you talked about. We even have a dwarf palmetto palm, but I read where that is a native. Just surprised me. Appreciate the video as I am more aware of what I am dealing with now.

[@dianepuskas6362]

Zone 7B NJ: I love my English Ivy, so I don't complain that I have to keep it in check 2-3 times a season. I battle Virginia Creeper and some sort of wild berry, which has thorns and looks like a raspberry. American Bittersweet has found its way into the yard too.

[@MichaelHancockParmer]

Thanks for this video, we use your videos as a resource so often. When we moved into our home in Salem, VA (also zone 7b like Raleigh), we found a stand of Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) ranging from saplings to mature 40-foot monsters, but we brought them all down that first year. It's been a couple years now and after wiping out the suckers each season, I am hopeful (cautiously optimistic) that this might be the year we can put something else back amidst the woodlot

[@confusedguyl100]

Good job! I know someone who has a Tree-of-heaven volunteering in the yard. Their gardener said it's a good tree because it grows fast and provides privacy screening. Well the gardener isn't wrong...

[@lisawhitehouse9267]

On our 1/2 acre there is a large hill with all types of vines. We have had dead trees removed and started clearing a the hillside of euonymus, Chinese honeysuckle, English ivy, winter creeper and many more. After clearing a 60’ x 180’ hill we saw significant erosion of the hillside. I’m trying to install lots of plants to hold the hill. There is another 800 square feet of invasives adjacent but money and energy are in short supply. The other issue in our lawn and gardens is wild garlic that covers every inch. I have dug and dug. The only consolation is the it is a cool season “crop” so once the weather warms it disappears till next January. Sometimes these issues take the joy out of gardening… but then a flower blooms and I can carry on. Your videos inspire me as well. Thanks so much.

[@bethlynch1909]

In Missouri callery pear, autumn olive, privet, bush honeysuckle and Japanese honeysuckle. They are a never ending battle.

[@jordanyeager9220]

Very informative!

[@catherineslavin7324]

The previous owner of our property planted a variegated vinca vine in the ground that had spread into neighboring woodlands. We've been trying to get rid of it for years.

[@tunneleddiscovery5]

Been fighting wild geranium. I consider it a battle lost at this point. Smh doesn't seem to be an end to this stuff. I'm forever digging it out

[@robinrummel1359]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching!

[@8507582]

Great video about some bad plants ! It gave me a slight headache watching it... I use to live in Kinston and the Thorny Elaeagnus was terrible and seemed to attract mosquitos. Wysteria there grows like Kudzu (slight exaggeration). We now live in Hickory and see all the plants you showed minus the fig buttercup (will be on the lookout for it). Many of these invasives were every where in the Georgia Piedmont where I grew up UGH! I'm sharing your video with family and friends so they can help watch for these. Thank you Jim!!

[@DixieGirl9876]

Kudzu must be at the top of the list here in the south for invasive plants. lol What I battle every year are honey suckle vines, Bradford pears, privets, creeping charlie, deadnettle and I'm sure I've forgotten a few. A never ending battle.

[@bonniejackson7476]

Thanks. Privet and nandina are my biggest problem. Newton Grove NC

[@jcking6785]

Thanks for pointing out these terrible plants, Jim. Euonymus! It’s the bane of my existence and is consuming my neighborhood mainly because a few neighbors are oblivious to its harmful nature even though is literally consuming the trees in their yards. Japanese bush honeysuckle comes in a close second. It’s a bit of a paradox because I feed the birds and they eat the seeds of both these awful plants then poop them out in my yard. As long as I am able, I’ll continue the fight to keep these thugs out of my yard.

[@confusedguyl100]

I don't understand why people just let invasive plants kill beautiful trees on their properties. It's very sad to see oak trees and magnolias strangled by English ivies.

[@rachelsgarden]

When we lived in OK our property backed up to Johnson Grass which choked out the Sun flowers and other prairie plants. In GA there’s so much Kudzu!

[@jackspencer8290]

In the Chicago area, it's Buckthorn (both Common Buckthorn and Glossy Buckthorn). As of 2021, the Chicago area's tree canopy is made up of 36% Buckthorn, per Chicago Tribune article. Also, quackgrass is all over the place.

[@jimchristensen965]

For me in central Iowa it's Bush Honeysuckle throughout the timber and the native understory plants disappear. After seeing what you have I feel lucky. I'm making good progress throughout the 5 acre timber and honeysuckle is losing. Many years ago Iowa State University was recommending this plant. I must compliment you on your knowledge. Who needs Google? Many Thanks!

[@annahowell4310]

Dollarweed, I despise it. Gum tree saplings are another pain. I appreciate your videos very much.

[@Laura-rx9mp]

thank you, yes I bathe red bud, rose of sharon and unfortunately we planted both English ivy and vinca to hold the soil on the hill, I just cut it when it attempts to come over to the walking stairs! I do like the look of it on the trees. Oh I am in Maryland zone 7B

[@KyJack13]

I use Crossbow on the farm to control weeds and unwanted saplings along fence rows and in our pastures. Works great and I yet to find anything it won’t kill. It’s also will not kill your grass.

[@poodledaddles1091]

Interesting content!

[@KickTurner]

that damn porcelain vine! pretty color changing berry clusters, but that's abt it! got sum huge well established ones running rampant in my yard! ...and the 'air potato' plant that sumone musta thrown out into the beds here at the property I reside at!

[@jcrane45585]

Zone 8b south Alabama has mimosa trees ev-e-ry where. Privet is bad, but trumpet vine is the bane of my existence. Virginia creeper takes over too

[@claireaudient]

This is so relatable! I have nearly all these in Alabama (plus kudzu). I am a little worried that the cute grass I’ve been seeing is Japanese stilt grass 😭 Thank you for making this!

[@AleksandraDeegan]

Here in southern Michigan buckthorn, honeysuckle, Japanese barberry and vinka can literally choke local forests and suppress native plants and shrubs.

[@chrispetersen6402]

Great talk! I’ve got all of the thins you mentioned. Also, Elaeagnus umbellata or Autumn olive. Siberian elms (Ulmus pumila) and tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) are also thugs! And although I love the look of Italian arum, it has found its way into every corner of my garden, even with removing its seed heads. Lastly, I was unaware how invasive Houttuynia cordata, the so-called chameleon plant is! When I planted it 50 years ago everyone wanted a piece! Northport, NY

[@donnaamos8143]

Italian arum. I didn’t know what it was until last year. I saw some scattered red and orange little clusters in the woods behind our house a couple of summers ago. They were in the distance, and I didn’t think much of it. Last summer, they popped up in same woods about 12 feet from our back yard. Did some online research and kept finding a plant called Italian Lords and Ladies. Late winter this year, we had around a 4 foot patch of leaves and scattered plants on the edge of our back yard. We’ve treated the leaves with herbicide 3 times. I’m waiting to see if any flower in May. Zone 7a Virginia, Piedmont area bordering North Carolina

[@chrispetersen6402]

@@donnaamos8143 I dig them out, but there are always bits and pieces left behind. Herbicide hasn’t killed it.

[@donnaamos8143]

@@chrispetersen6402 Thank you, Chris. That’s what I was afraid of. My husband started to dig one out in early March, but discovered the tubers were about a foot deep, so we tried the herbicide first. At this point, if we dig out we’re going to need a small amount of replacement soil too. I don’t think we’ll want to use the same soil to fill back in. Did you notice any skin irritation when you dug them out?

[@lisajelle5096]

Chameleon plant is the worst! I had it at my old house and was unable to eradicate it, since it came under a neighbor’s fence. Moving away and leaving it behind was awesome!

[@chrisedbrooke6533]

Same here with the chameleon plant! I thought it was so pretty with its multi-colored leaves. I had no idea how aggressive it is. Three years after attempting to eradicate it and I’m still digging it up.

[@stanleyg.kimmettiii2342]

Chinese Privets for us in North Alabama. We had 15-20 feet Chinese privets that I removed and then I got the bug to go “priveting” in our woods each fall/winter. It’s easier to pick them out in the winter as they are evergreen(at least here in North Alabama). Must of removed 10000+ privets(seedlings/mature) over two year period. I am amazed at the native plants that we now have coming back to our woods after getting rid of the privets.

[@tammiwetzler6335]

We have Multiflora Rose here in Central PA. It is my enemy! ;-) We have been trying to keep it from taking over the edge of our woods.

[@msamelienp]

Dead nettle is eatable, I have it all over my front yard. Love it.

[@mazartistry]

IVY! It’s everywhere where I live. I’m in the UK and they still sell it in the garden centres. God knows why. It’s horrendous stuff that you can’t get rid of. That and Japanese Knotweed.

[@susettrankin2359]

Oh my gosh. A neighbor up the road planted English ivy many, many years ago and now this whole street is having to deal with it. We also battle privet, cherry laurel, vinca (periwinkle), and Chinese sumac (stinking jim). The worst is creeping ivy, the bane of my outdoor life. How do you treat these in your yard? We are in Gastonia, also Zone 7B. Other than pulling, and pulling, and pulling, ... Love your channel and all your knowledge you so graciously share.

[@kristophine4390]

I'm in my first spring of owning a house and property, and we have more Stinky Robert than anyone could ever need. It's COVERING a back hill on our property that leads to a creek. I bought a bunch of wildflower seeds and I'm planning on spending a few solid afternoons out there yanking it and spreading wildflower seed to see if I can find something that can out-compete it.

[@missdeeva2266]

We have railroad tracks behind us so you can imagine all the invasive stuff that is growing there. We cut all that we were permitted to and put up a 10' tall fence with no open slats to help slow the spread of all these vines and branches into our yard. It is an ongoing battle though because the vines are coming up under and over the top of the fence. We found out the very hard way that there is poison sumac back there! The only good thing ( if anything is good about it) is that we have a solid wall of green from spring to fall and we don't see the train going by lol. We did plant Carolina Sapphires and Yoshino Cryptomerias on the inside of the fence and they are now over the top of the fence and that is also helping with our screen. I swear the Carolina Sapphires are outpacing the Green Giants and the Yoshino trees by a good bit. This is their 3 rd year in and they have outgrown and outpaced the other trees in our screen. I almost wish I had planted more of those but I followed the rule of having variety in the screen. Thanks for showing us what you are up against and how you are dealing with it.

[@bxr9264]

Yet again....you are the 💣

[@kkeenan536]

Moved last year to TN & have an acre with a few huge, beautiful white oak, hickory, poplar, etc. that were being choked by English ivy. I cut a swath around the tree and then cleaned (pulling & cutting), all ivy from the tree’s flares. If I had money, I’d have a forestry mulched come in and eat it up!

[@tracyoconnor-mcgraw4952]

I planted a small garbage bag of ivy once …..never again …years later putting on snake guards walking into the mess cutting it off trees . We did move and looking at new homes we will not consider a home if there was ivy …glad to report we are settled and ivy free .🥰🌻

[@gardenlady58]

Chinese privet and japanese honeysuckle are the big offenders here in northwest ga. About 12 years ago I brought some spider lilies from my mom's house to mine. At least 6 years later a pretty white flowered rose of sharon volunteered in the spot. I kept it as a reminder of my mom.

[@breanne2117]

Thanks for this. I was about to plant my potted honeysuckle into the ground. I'm just going to transplant her to a bigger pot.

[@JimPutnam]

There is native and invasive Honeysuckle.

[@annebroyles]

Thanks for the informative video. Japanese stiltgrass is a challenge in our wooded natural area.

[@d.wheeler3652]

Thank you for this information. We are close to the Texas Gulf Coast. We have a huge wisteria vine that has taken over a large tree, honeysuckle (our neighbor's that grows beside our driveway), and some type of horribly invasive vine (which my plant app identified as Carolina Coralbead, but I'm not convinced it's correct), and nandinas. The nandinas are substantial and provide screening that we cannot afford to replace (we're retired). We keep the berries cut off and keep the nandinas corralled, but the battle against the wisteria is constant. The honeysuckle isn't as bad because it is now in deep shade and seems to be struggling. The invasive vine is something that we can't even begin to control--it is everywhere and we have a little over an acre. As we see the small sprouts of this vine, we pull it and try to dig it out and then we'll find a huge vine growing underground that the small sprout is attached to. We try to pull and dig it out, but we'll never get it all out, but we'll keep trying.

[@graylagran7443]

tried one year to create a buffer with backyard neighbor - however ended up covered in poison ivy. i'm in garner nc. biggest weed problems - sawtooth blackberry and porcelain berry, and stilt grass. not to mention the countless swamp oak seedlings. my goal this year - manage the side of the house where it's run amuck since house purchased 5 years ago, and develop that buffer at the far end of yard. thanks for sharing! so glad i'm not your neighbor where you're pointing out all their invasives 😂

[@gingerlily4367]

HI Jim, thanks for making this video but I could not handle this much invasion. I don't have these kinds of invasive plants to deal with where I am in MA. The only thing I have a small area with poison ivy and I keep it under control.

[@kiafreeman8778]

You may be in a relatively undisturbed area because we've definitely got plenty of invasives in MA. After removing at least 20 trees from my small lot (with more to go), I've spent weeks pulling thousands of norway maple seedlings. It seems like every norway maple seed becomes a tree unless actively stopped from doing so. My neighbors refuse to allow me to replace a privet hedge with a non-invasive hedge and don't care that their english ivy is consistently creeping into my yard. They do not seem to appreciate that oriental bittersweet threatens to pull down their house. Stiltgrass. Buckthorn. Burning bush. Vinca. Dead nettle. The town planted Callary Pear trees on the hell strip across the street. While Jim suggest that currently available ornamental plants are not-invasive, history suggests otherwise. Native plants seem to be the safest bet.

[@jilladcock5648]

Great video. My neighbor has chameleon plant as ground cover-coming all into my garden now. I really hate that thing. We were in western NC last fall and were horrified at the Kudzu taking over the area. We had a beautiful rental property but soon their trees will be smothered completely.

[@michelleh7133]

SO sad to see and the government is doing g nothing about it despite them being the reason it was planted so widely!

[@katherinec7698]

Trumpet vine is the worst invader of my yard! We recently had large oaks trimmed of dead wood and I was told a small seedling I’d been taking such great care of was a ligustrum and not the Carolina Laurel I thought it was. Sad thing is I actually know the difference. Funny story; Years ago I’d purposely planted English Ivy on our brick house…it looked beautiful…until…it went up in the attic, down inside the wall and emerged into our sons room through a nail hole. It was loving life and a foot long before anyone noticed. ALL English Ivy is now banned from the yard.

[@katieking6845]

Whoops just planted them. I'm hoping they take over all the privets

[@thefitzs]

Ugh, I planted Gold Child English Ivy last year and of course, it's thriving. I recently found it coming through our siding into the screened porch. It was like Jumanji. I will have to stay on top of it.

[@katieking6845]

@@thefitzs worried did fatshedera ivy hybrid worried

[@thefitzs]

@@katieking6845 I love fatshedera!

[@icebatman33]

Thank you for this content! Any recommendations or content on how to manage items like poison ivy?

[@mwnemo]

Thanks for the video, it is really sad how the entire area is invasive plants. Very common everywhere in America.

[@susanmartin5465]

Scotch broom is terrible here in coastal Oregon. Neighbor planted bamboo years ago. Finally paid someone to remove it. I’m still battling it in my yard.

[@Fabdanc]

Zone 9a, Houston, and for me it has to be nandina. The berries are poisonous to birds, but they still eat them and spread them everywhere. They love to come up in the understory and crowd everything out.

[@debrabray8855]

Trumpet vine.....aaahhhhgggg! And Hackberry trees. The bane of my existence here in San Antonio, zone 9.