I'm afraid this is poison ivy in the Rosemary.
Could anyone Id these?
This is a weed, although a handsome one. The lighter green leaf is the one I'm wondering about.
This last one also has pleasing leaves.
The first one sure looks like poison ivy, the second and third ones are Mulberry, and the light green one with the little leaves looks like a succulent, but I don't know which one.
Josephine.
Thanks, Josephine.
The one with small pale green leaves could be creeping jenny. At least that's what it looks like to me, but I do know the succulent Josephine is talking about. I think it's leaves are a bit darker, with darker margins.
Crow
Lysimachia nummularia (Moneywort, Creeping Jenny) It is creeping jenny and I suspect peony knows that and planted it. I didn't know it did well in the TX heat. I love the variety that is chartruese green. Definately not succulent but man it can spread. I agree that the first one sure looks like poison ivy to me. Be careful pulling that out.
Yes that one is creeping jenny, and it does spread but it pulls easily. I'm having a hard time gardening in the texas heat. Well I think it's the unrelenting heat. If it cooled down in the evening some it might help the plants.
The mulberries are handsome plants and I'm tempted to let one or two grow, but I think I read that they are invasive.
Peony I had the same problem when I moved here and since I started to grow either native or adapted plants things have been easier. I don't buy/order any plants and less I have read they can grow in heat and drought. Most of the plants from my zone 5 garden are not on the list anymore but I have found some very nice TX natives and other heat tolerant plants. At first it was frustrating and now its rather exciting growing new plants I have never grown before.
C
I have had to start doing the same, but some flowers I really miss. There are others that bloom well here, though. It's kinda funny how you can sort of get homesick for a plant.
Oh trust me I understand. I gardened in zone 5 shade for years and am quite an expert on plants for that climate and those conditions but I do like trying new things so it sort of balances out. Right now I am trying to grow some cold hardy cactus. Still in the process of making a new bed but its fun and different. If you lived closer you could pick up plants from the swaps. I imagine they have them down there too.
C
It's all a learning process, every year is a little better. I have a ton of rough leaved dog woods I could swap. :o)
A big YES on the Poison Oak
Poison Ivy or Poison Oak? Same thing?
Poison oak looks like oak leaves, its poison Ivy.
Dont forget the redeeming qualities of Mulberries.
This is just from 1 minute of shaking the tree. We could do this every other day for weeks. Pies and smoothies until you puke!
Very yummy!
Thats a lot of berries!
As a paper maker, I do sort of want a mulberry.
So little room so many trees. :o)
ivy makes a vine, poison oak a shrub
ivy is correct, poison oak leaves are not so pointed
this picture is poison oak
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I've seen poison oak growing up trees and telephone poles. It was definitely poison oak and not ivy.
Here is a super helpful site where people have submited photos to for id on poison oak, ivy, and sumac. http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view/picqna.html
Well Steph, it is a booger either way. It is really bad here in my woods.
I am not as allergic as I once was, I think I have built up a bit of immunity after 25 years dealing with it. . I get it worse from an encounter with the roots when I am digging. Makes my bones itch, have to tear away the flesh to get at them to scratch.
I have the beautiful vine Virginia Creeper growing in my trees. I freak out some of my friends with it, can't hardly convince some it is not the dreaded ivy. It is really beautiful in the fall
Oh, I love Virginia Creeper.
I never encountered poison ivy until I moved to Texas. For the longest time I thought it was pepper vine and pulling it out. I must not be really allergic to it. I'm still careful but I've never gotten a rash off it.
Poison ivy isn't as potent as poison oak. I get a few small bumps from a poison ivy encounter but a full body rash from poison oak. Can't speak about the sumac as I haven't had the pleasure of meeting any in person...yet
I agree about the virginia creeper, its a pretty vine and the fall color is intense.
Some people are also allergic to Virginia creeper.
I didn't know that and honestly I don't think I ever really handled any of it. It grew all over the area I am from but I never had in my garden as it seemed pretty invasive.
My partner is allergic to pepper vine.
I have lots of sumac here but I don't think it is the poison sumac that causes allergies, and I don't think I m allergic to V. creeper, hope not
To the poisons, ivy, sumac, oak, they have seasonal increases in virulency, sometimes I can get close and break out, sometimes I can pull it by the roots and be fine-if there are no cuts in my skin, seriously, if the wind blows I can break out when they are really intense...
Most of ya"ll know I live in the woods......I am always braggin'.........I thought ya"ll might like to see some of the perils......under the oaks, a solid ground cover of poison oak....i would need panorama to picture it all
Just don't burn it!
When we first moved to our land our posion oak looked like that, too. So thick but also beautiful. Both my husband and daughter are SO allergic they stayed broken out for months and even though we didn't burn any my daughter would have such violent reactions her throat would swell..... so I'm killing it. My ivy vines are as thick as my wrist!! I've tried to stay as chemical free as possible but last year I did use them. This year I'm going to use vinegar.
Mindy
good luck! I was so allergic when we first bought the property..........I have used every drug known to man at that time, shots, ointments, meds
I can't rid 40 acres of it. It is bad in my iris beds this year. I have a foam paint brush tied to a broom handle. I dip it in brush killer and dab it on the leaves...takes a while to kill out the root though. And if you get it on anything else it's a goner too.
Peony, do not let the mulberry grow. My neightbor three doors down has a 50 foot tree and all of us pull mulberry sprouts every year. They are very invasive.
Speaking of invasive I would love some Creeping Jenny if you are thinning.
We also have Mulberry growing every spring. There's a tree a couple of houses away.
stephani55 demail me your address and I'll send you some creeping jenny
Peony what conditions is the creeping jenny growing in? I have one small shady spot that is really damp and stays damp unless it isn't watered for many weeks. I grew it in part sun in MI and it was a thick lush carpet.
C
It was originally planted in full on sun that is also reflected from a wooden fence. It grows fine. Now it's creeping it's was to shade. I like it cause I treat it like a living mulch and it makes weeds easier to pull.