Clematis: Clematis chat continued, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Here's a link to Moonfleet, Kimmy: http://www.gardencrossings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/index.cf...

The FG article is so true. Do not accept anything until you investigate it first. Sounds crass and ungrateful, I'm sure, but no one needs the grief of dealing with invasive plants or those that are aggressive. Currently I'm dealing with removing 400 sq. ft. (more in reality but I can't accept a higher number - too depressing!) of Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'. This is what I'm up against and where I spent seven hours digging out each root yesterday. It's been an ongoing battle for many years but this year I garnered the required effort to dig up each and every daylily and pot them up, then tackle the problem.

I, too, have that determination to win the war, Kimmy. I wasn't raised to be a quitter or I'd have given up rich foods and Godiva!

Marilyn - you might try removing all the soil in the Wisteria area and just continually spraying Round Up on any leaves that emerge. Sadly, RU does not work at all on Houttuynia.