Well, Dove, you are more likely to be right than me. Not much point in debate anyway until a photo is forthcoming. The only really invasive thing I've had to deal with is Japanese knotweed, in another garden, and the solution there, other than spraying and letting the land lie fallow for a year or so, was to cut off the stems an inch or so from the ground and pour in neat Roundup. We also had a rampant Boston Ivy growing in our garden whose roots were really next door. The solution there was to cut back the plant to the bottom of the woody stem, bore a hole in it and again, pour in neat Roundup. It did not grow back.
Thank heavens I've never had to deal with Japanese Knotweed I'm impressed that you beat it! A friend fenced hers in and turned the chickens loose in there then dug a trench around and put in sheets of corrugated iron - 20 years on it was still there but hadn't spread.
You're absolutely right - a photograph would be so helpful. I wonder where the OP is? Hope she's not been ensnared by the ivy and the vines
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
Black Bryony is one of my absolute favouritest plants - it is so beautiful sprawling across a hedgerow in the early autumn. What gorgeous photos on that website!
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
Trouble with the asparagus vine is that its very fleshy roots grow in amongst valuable shrub and tree roots. I've dug out the spidery roots many times and burned them, and pull up all the seedlings as soon as I see them. Anything too big to be pulled/dug out without damaging the surrounding shrubs gets cut down to the ground. I think the secret could be to deal with it the moment you see it because it does grow very fast. I definitely have less with each year that passes.
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Well, Dove, you are more likely to be right than me. Not much point in debate anyway until a photo is forthcoming. The only really invasive thing I've had to deal with is Japanese knotweed, in another garden, and the solution there, other than spraying and letting the land lie fallow for a year or so, was to cut off the stems an inch or so from the ground and pour in neat Roundup. We also had a rampant Boston Ivy growing in our garden whose roots were really next door. The solution there was to cut back the plant to the bottom of the woody stem, bore a hole in it and again, pour in neat Roundup. It did not grow back.
Thank heavens I've never had to deal with Japanese Knotweed
I'm impressed that you beat it! A friend fenced hers in and turned the chickens loose in there then dug a trench around and put in sheets of corrugated iron - 20 years on it was still there but hadn't spread.
You're absolutely right - a photograph would be so helpful. I wonder where the OP is? Hope she's not been ensnared by the ivy and the vines
http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/B/Bryony(Black)/Bryony(Black).htm
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Bryonia+dioica
Brionia dioica would swamp anything. Has berries a bit like asparagas (but nothing else in common).
In the sticks near Peterborough
I agree, wouldn't be without it. But it does get out of hand if not supervised.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Trouble with the asparagus vine is that its very fleshy roots grow in amongst valuable shrub and tree roots. I've dug out the spidery roots many times and burned them, and pull up all the seedlings as soon as I see them. Anything too big to be pulled/dug out without damaging the surrounding shrubs gets cut down to the ground. I think the secret could be to deal with it the moment you see it because it does grow very fast. I definitely have less with each year that passes.
Mine is growing in very dry schist.