Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Morus Alba 'paperdolls', 1 by Equilibrium

Equilibrium wrote:
Oopsie, I think I’ve been mistaken for somebody else because I’ve never owned an SUV. I’ve always purchased cars save one time I bought a mini-van and that was way too hard on gas and was blowing all over the road in high winds. Shame I traded it in after only owning it for a few months because I really liked the interior space. Much easier to haul plants and such in a van or SUV than in a car.

That being said, evidently the original poster wasn’t looking for a “harangue” on this plant’s invasiveness and wanted ohs and ahs. In looking at his recent posts, it’s evident he’s a collector. Perhaps Maackia is correct and any comments other than those that ever so gently mention a plant’s documented invasiveness be saved for those who post in Trees and Shrubs who are looking for that type of information or forums other than Trees and Shrubs where other members just tell other members to rip it out or flat out get rid of it without even bothering to offer up any type of an explanation other than that a plant is an invasive species or a noxious weed. Well, it is an intoxicatingly beautiful plant. Many people, myself included, are very attracted to variegated leaves and the leaves on this particular plant are most certainly something to oh and ah over. And the original poster’s photography skills are very good. I apologize however the word “fun” he used when describing the plant jumped out at me and I am personally having difficulty viewing Morus alba anything as fun these days.

Any ideas on how to get this “fun” gift from one of my neighbor’s plants out of my ‘White Knight’? I’ve tried to place plastic bags over my ‘White Knight’ to protect it while trying to foliar spray the White Mulberry. I couldn't spray it with as much chemical as what I would have liked because I suspect the roots are entwined so the White Mulberry didn’t die. I tried to get my weed wrench in close enough to pull it out but the ‘White Knight’ started coming up along with it and then the darn thing snapped leaving me no way to try to get a grip on it again and no way to strip bark to apply an herbicide. I’m slightly frustrated with the Morus alba seedlings sprouting up by me and even more so that I missed this particular one smack dab an inch from the base of a plant that is very desirable to me.