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rootofnewtApproximately 1/3 of the green mound of death growing under the crape myrtle (and assorted unidentified shrubs) has now been eradicated. I had to stop when my heart started palpitating. Note to self: call doc and ask for a full iron work-up. Second note to self: STOP this stuff when you feel breathless, even if it doesn't count as "strenuous" by your standards.
Note to everyone else: If you live in my state and I EVER hear that you have put in winter creeper, I will personally come and plant it for you--right in your ass. This stuff is noxious and evil and shouldn't be sold. I don't care if you're attracted to the purple variant. It's only purple in winter. It greens back up come spring. And it's damn near impossible to eradicate, thanks to arm-thick roots growing about 6" below the surface of the soil, which branch off into a fractal hell of nodes and branches and smothering death.
Also, I can't compost this, so I will have to pay to throw it away. I'm not sure the city takes brush in bulk pick-up, so I may have to bag the huge pile I've got going (and I'm barely started). I'll either have to pay for a bulk pick-up or pay for bags and trash tags. *sigh*
So, be warned. Plant Euonymous fortunei and die.
brb--NAK break
Anyhow, I'll just have to stay on top of it as much as I can until the mosquitoes come. They should be present in numbers prohibitive to yardwork within the month. *sigh* I can't decide if I should plant some Allegheny pachysandra under the crape myrtle or keep it as a non-covered bed and plant native woodland perennials and biennials in there. A groundcover might choke out the winter creeper, but it might also allow it to sneakily thrive. So perhaps some more conspicuous and identifiable plantings would be better.
Note to everyone else: If you live in my state and I EVER hear that you have put in winter creeper, I will personally come and plant it for you--right in your ass. This stuff is noxious and evil and shouldn't be sold. I don't care if you're attracted to the purple variant. It's only purple in winter. It greens back up come spring. And it's damn near impossible to eradicate, thanks to arm-thick roots growing about 6" below the surface of the soil, which branch off into a fractal hell of nodes and branches and smothering death.
Also, I can't compost this, so I will have to pay to throw it away. I'm not sure the city takes brush in bulk pick-up, so I may have to bag the huge pile I've got going (and I'm barely started). I'll either have to pay for a bulk pick-up or pay for bags and trash tags. *sigh*
So, be warned. Plant Euonymous fortunei and die.
brb--NAK break
Anyhow, I'll just have to stay on top of it as much as I can until the mosquitoes come. They should be present in numbers prohibitive to yardwork within the month. *sigh* I can't decide if I should plant some Allegheny pachysandra under the crape myrtle or keep it as a non-covered bed and plant native woodland perennials and biennials in there. A groundcover might choke out the winter creeper, but it might also allow it to sneakily thrive. So perhaps some more conspicuous and identifiable plantings would be better.
