My elderly neighbors planted trumpet vines to attract hummingbirds. The neighbors long ago shuffled off their mortal coils and left me to engage in a never ending battle with the trumpet vines. The neighbors were sweet and adorable, but their legacy is a royal pain in the posterior.

@leeadams996

3 жыл бұрын

"...their legacy is a royal pain in the posterior" Hahahaha!

@dmc826

3 жыл бұрын

My trumpet vine appears to have been a "gift" from a malicious neighbor (seriously!). Its only redeeming quality is that it does attract hummingbirds.

@joy4118

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmc826 I have a neighbor that was "gifted" Creeping Charlie. She was sold by the cute little funnel shaped purple flowers.

@itmaslanka

3 жыл бұрын

Not the hummingbird vine with a small red flower ?

@sadiemeazell7388

3 жыл бұрын

My neighbor has trumpet vine on the other side of the privacy fence. It grows through the fence, over the fence, seeds all over my yard, I hate that sucker and spend a good amount of time trimming it off my side of the fence and pulling up new plants in the yard.

You’re so right. My sister asked my Dad years ago how to get rid of English Ivy. He said “Move” 😉🤣

@LarryHatch

3 жыл бұрын

As an author of a book on Hedera, all this Hederaphobia is unjustified and scientific literature on invasiveness only applies to two basic species in their wild form, H. helix and H. hibernica - not to the hundreds of non-invasive, slow, self-branching, compact clones. Not one of the Exotic Angel stuff like you see at Home Depot could ever spread far or take over - genetically and morphologically impossible. The houseplant type material is never invasive and I have had plants 10 years old that were just 2-3 feet across. If you want beautiful variegated and cutleaf ivies one can always plant them against a tree and trim off anything going horizontal into beds.

@chekovcall2286

3 жыл бұрын

I literally laughed out loud.

@janethompson2396

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is hilarious! English Ivy is one of my nemeses as well; even when it was somewhat in control, it was prone to black spot and aphids...which then created an ant problem. So we moved, 😉.

@HighLevelNinja

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah ... I can't get rid of my neighbor's English ivy, lilies of the valley, burning bush, thorn berries, and nightshade that all snuck into our yard. Who pays to get any of these? As for bamboo, if it's planted in a deep pot as an accent, that can work. I do the same with raspberries. In a raised bed lined with 10mil plastic sheets.

@karinberryman2009

3 жыл бұрын

Love it!

I love wisteria. The way it trails across my entrance, lavender drooping heavenly scented flowers. Beautiful, exotic, fragrant...and invasive quick growing. it started slow the first year, then within 3 it demolished my beautiful front porch. Ripped the latice apart, tore the brace beams out, and cut as I may, it still keeps winding its destruction. Oh, and did I mention, it attracts bees to my front door? I am badly allergic to bees. 😭 Reality intrudes on my visions. 😒

I'm in Victoria Australia wisteria is beautiful and can be controlled. A neighbour had hers growing as a 'tree'. This was achieved by using a stake that supported the trunk and allowed the top to umbrella. Took a lot of pruning but truly a beautiful effect.

@boomer3150

Ай бұрын

My late wife loved wisteria and controlled it.

"And I don't advocate using nuclear devises in the garden, in general" Absolutely love your sense of humor!

At my old house I had a wisteria, but I trained it into a tree. Looked like an umbrella. I kept it pruned and had zero issues. At this house, however the neighbors untended wisteria is constantly trying to take over our split-rail fence so my husband prunes it.

@franwillis7497

3 жыл бұрын

Still Mandeville. I love wisteria too, but it's not the idea of having one in a pot. Wisteria seeds are dispersed throughout forests and competes and overgrows over trees, killing them. Forsythe Wildlife Natural Area in New Jersey is where I was convinced that it truly is an invasive.

@wendywhite2642

3 жыл бұрын

I have a terrible terrible problem with wisteria! It came over from a neighbor's yard and has now killed a group of Leyland cypress trees and it's threatening to keep going down the line. I cannot kill it. It comes up from the ground and it travels over in the tree crown.

@sheilarobbins2604

3 жыл бұрын

Really love it though!

@rosehuber1997

3 жыл бұрын

I have wisteria it behaves itself, dry climate poor soil

@huntingfashiondolls3307

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know! Is a lovely plant

I wanted bamboo as a privacy screen, but my Mom said I would be sorry, I'm glad I listened to her for once.

@taskforce505

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a myth research “clumping bamboo” it’s non evasive n only grows in a 6ft radius

@NancysFanciesDesign

3 жыл бұрын

@@taskforce505 I was going to say the same thing! There are various types of bamboo and some of them are the clumping type.

@hjd832

3 жыл бұрын

I think that there is a beautiful black stemmed variety, Nigra (?), that is much less of a problem ...

@fsnow55

3 жыл бұрын

@@taskforce505 I bought a bamboo that's supposed to be clumping but after a few years it started spreading. I controlled by trenching around it and adding a 4 ft barrier but it could still grow thru gaps. It can be controlled by digging for stragglers every year. It's a good workout. Also need a heavy duty spade.

@smpeace2683

3 жыл бұрын

MY mother in law hates bamboo. She fought it for years ! I tried to get her to plant some leeland cyprys trees to combat it. She said no those were way too big. I love the huge trees. She suffered with that bamboo late in her life. It worried the crap out of her.

Linda's advice is so accurate, I am a professional gardener and I earn a lot of money removing out of control bamboo and secondly ivy. This ladies advice is well worth taking on board.

@hihosh1

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree strongly on the bamboo one, bamboo is a wonderplant that has been shown to be a carbon sponge 'Bamboo’s fast-growing and renewable stands sequester carbon in their biomass - at rates comparable, or even superior to, a number of tree species. The many durable products made from bamboo can also be potentially carbon-negative, because they act as locked-in carbon sinks in themselves and encourage the expansion and improved management of bamboo forests.'

@ladyema8836

3 жыл бұрын

Mh-hm. When I moved in to my house the previous owner thought it was a "wonderful" idea to plant bamboo in the back yard. I researched it and sure enough found out that it was a take over plant. And I left it for a bit and sure enough it was growing outward. So I took on the tedious job over the next few months of digging it up, and anytime it shot up I would dig into the root system and have to put root killer. They had also planted a couple trees next to the house, how where they not worried about the root system bothering the foundation! Well it took me a couple of years and about a thousand dollars but I was able to remove all the unpleasant plants and trees. I did whatever I could by myself, the rest I had to pay to take out.

@UVIcki

3 жыл бұрын

@@hihosh1 anyone with neighbors needs to put in a rhizome barrier before planting bamboo. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

@spicencens7725

3 жыл бұрын

What is you secret to removing English ivy? I am doing battle w 30% vinegar, and seems to be making a little headway. I strongly prefer natural solutions. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

@abdizzll

3 жыл бұрын

@@hihosh1 That doesn't mean it makes a good garden plant, especially if you have neighbors.

I'm so sorry! I forgot to mention what the little forest was! It's bamboo! I'm the comment from San Francisco. And its truly stunning.

I love that...not a bad plant, just the bad usage of a plant. 😊😊👏🏼👏🏼

Lol the title should be “I have problems with my neighbors plants”🤣😂😅

Your garden is a dream!

@paulpalmtree9295

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, just beautiful. Perhaps a little Labour intensive.

@dialecticalmonist3405

2 жыл бұрын

It's a dream, but taking care of all that must be a full-time job.

I was at Lowe’s this week and a young couple was buying rosemary plants. Lots of them. About 20 plants. I asked them what they ere going to do with all that rosemary. “We just love to cook with rosemary. I just love it!” I suggested that the might not need that many plants and to put the in a large pot. I told them i have one I have had for at least 15 years and it is huge. They declined my suggestion and said the needed that many. I reminded myself of how many times I have gone my own way in the garden. And maybe one day I will be able to keep my suggestions to myself!!! 😜

@georgelee7514

3 жыл бұрын

Let them learn the hard way, I suppose.

@RoseTorn411

3 жыл бұрын

Ignorance is bliss...unfortunately. Never know, someone will listen one day so keeping informing ppl. I do :)

@tumbleweed57

3 жыл бұрын

Oklancie Laen 😂

@tiramisumochi4787

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that certainly is a lot of rosemary 😂 I’m sure they will regret not taking your advice!

@tumbleweed57

3 жыл бұрын

Tiramisu Mochi 😂

I would suggests adding rose of sharon to the Black List of plants. It seeds itself very efficiently. We had some coming up in the privet hedge at our old house, and we could never get rid of it permanently. More grew back every season. The roots are impossible to pull out. It needs to be dug out (very difficult if you are trying to not damage the plants growing around it ). Also, Bradford pear trees (and any sort of ornamental pear tree that is a hybrid of a pear tree native to Asia) are very invasive in suburban neighborhoods here in eastern PA. The birds spread the seed to the point that fallow farm field can be taken over by these invasive pear trees within three years.

I bought a house with the bamboo, Virginia creeper, and trumpet vine growing vigorously in my back yard. It's been 4 years of trying to get the bamboo under control. The Virginia creeper is like you said more easily controlled. I cut back the trumpet vine to 1 stalk and will be trying to train and control it. I wish people would think before they plant something because they like the look of it.

@DjDolHaus86

Жыл бұрын

A tip for bamboo if you're opposed to herbicide (my personal recommendation) is to hack the bamboo shoots down, wait for them to shoot again (they can go from stump to full height in a matter of days) and then take off all the vertical growth just as it puts out the horizontal leaf stalks. This process must be repeated over and over until it eventually runs out of energy stores in the root and dies, you've basically got to stop it going into leaf because those leaves feed the root and recoup the energy lost by shooting. It's a pretty arduous task hence why I recommend herbicide as a primary means of control

Totally agree about the trumpet vine. If you have trumpet vine, keep it away from the house. I've seen it take root and grow in cracks of an old Victorian house.

English Ivy is definitely on that list. Here in Georgia, there is so much kudzu that was planted in the 1930s for erosion control. They finally realized what a problem it was, but it was too late. The south is still having to deal with it nearly 100 years later.

@claudiaphilippe5655

3 жыл бұрын

Years ago when I first read about kudzu, i thought it sounded like a great idea to cover a railing. Fortunately my husband caught me. He shared with me that it was a terrible idea and explained why. Thank G-d!!

@mountaingirl4252

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Kudzu grows over everything! I always feel sorry for all the plants and trees being suffocated!

@nancyhappily9503

3 жыл бұрын

@@mountaingirl4252 Oh my gosh! When we first moved to Georgia ('90) I asked what that was that looked like it was devouring massive pine trees. It was kudzu! We were shown a picture of the same exact place 2 yrs before. It showed people removing a VERY small patch of the horrible blight now in Georgia and using a back hoe to dig up all around the area, hoping to rid the woods of Kudzu. Unfortunately, 2 yrs after that picture was taken, the entire area was smoothered by Kudzu! 3 yrs later many of the beautiful pines had fallen under the weight and suffocation caused by that horrendous vine.

@richardw3470

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes. Kudzu - the plant that ate the South.

@stephanieo6252

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Arkansas, between Wynn AR. and Memphis TN. it's out of control BAD.

"I dont advocate using nuclear devices in the garden". I love this lady already. Subscribed.

I have Virginia creeper growing over my fence just like yours. Before I regard it as a weed, but now I've come to appreciate it. It hides my ugly fence and it becomes a beautiful red in the autumn. I give it a haircut once a month. I'd like to think of my flowers as performers on stage with Virginia creeper as the curtains.

@LindaVater

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! 🙂

@boomer3150

Ай бұрын

Well-said. It's a magnificent plant. I saw some at a local nursery a couple of years ago. You are inspiring me to take another look there. We're in AZ, and it might be best to plant it in the fall...?

Hi from Poland:) I'm so glad that someone said about how problematic wisteria and trumpet vine are. My dad planted them decades ago, now I can't get rid of these plants! A trumpet vine has big wooden boughs under the ground and no matter how much I destroy them, few new t.vines welcome me every year around all garden. It means that is has the roots system everywhere. Wisteria is my nightmare every summer - it destroyes wooden gazebo in and outside and it grows really fast.

Oh my goodness me, your garden!!! It is delicious! I'm almost there with the sounds and smells. Spring is almost sprung and I can't wait to get back out into my garden. It has been such a good place for my head this last year.

You should have mentioned that there are two different types of bamboo! The clumping bamboo is fine to plant in gardens. Running bamboo is the type you should stay away from as it is very invasive! 🌿

@kristend344

Жыл бұрын

She should also have mentioned there are ways to contain bamboo from spreading underground. e.g. copper barriers. bamboo hates copper and will stay away from it.

I planted a native wisteria 6 or 7 years ago and last summer was the first sign of any real growth. My garden is not close to any neighbor so I don’t have that concern. Of course, at the rate it’s growing, I will be planted before it flowers.

1. Bamboo! 2. Wisteria. 3. Virginia Creeper. 4. Trumpet Vine. 5. Your local no-no.

@LindaVater

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@deniseaugusto4861

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan B !

@billrobbins5874

3 жыл бұрын

Gee, planted all four. Going to do some digging this next spring!

@toriwolf5978

3 жыл бұрын

My neighbour has a trumpet vine it’s 45 years old very well behaved plant

@jkorchok

3 жыл бұрын

Bamboo, plant it in a galvanized tub ($20 at the hardware store). then you can move it, and it can’t invade.

My neighbors grow dill in their backyard. This spring I spotted a group of them growing in the oddest location of my yard. I yanked them out root and all. Month later I noticed another group of dill growing opposite end of the first group spotted. This time I embraced it. We are grilling more fish this summer. Que sera sera.

@RoseMary-vs3io

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@claudiaphilippe5655

3 жыл бұрын

So many herbs strongly evince childhood memories forme...good ones. Many I don't even use for cooking. But I cherish the aromas. I've tried for years to grow just a bit of dill. Never successfully! Shouldn't be so hard. I live near NYC. What could I be doing wrong?

@Cenepk101

3 жыл бұрын

I am so jealous. It’s hard to grow here in my garden & 1 of my top 5 herbs. Fennel grows like a weed here - but dill - a struggle.

@gabriellakadar

3 жыл бұрын

@@claudiaphilippe5655 You can just toss the seeds around now in a sunny area of soil that you will not disturb. They don't need any attention at all. Then in the spring, sprinkle some more. If you sprinkle some seeds every month during the warmer months, you'll have dill from spring to freeze up. All of these 'weeds' will do their thing without much or any assistance from us. Then let a couple of plants grow to maturity. They produce huge amounts of seeds and you will never be dill-free.

@l.b.5892

3 жыл бұрын

@@claudiaphilippe5655 You're trying too hard. Through the seeds in the yard and wait.

Haha , Plant Wisteria, English Ivy over the biggest cities on this planet. That would change "klimate-change". Imagine the whole city covered in those plants.

@missinformed4269

3 жыл бұрын

Kudzu would be good for this too.

@someotherdude

3 жыл бұрын

@@missinformed4269 sheesh you know what vines do to houses and masonry?

Omg! Bought a house that had a wisteria and after 20 years, I took it out. So much work with little reward. To keep under control, I was pruning every week and consequently, removing buds in the process. Removing roots is a nightmare. Felt bad while removing it, but after two weeks, I am ecstatic it is gone, just wish I had done it 19 years ago!

Wow. I haven't even watched all of this yet but looked at the list of the plants you're advising against and realize I've been actively considering THREE of them! Thanks for the heads-up!

I live in Colorado-never plant Tamarisk or Aspen trees, in Colorado, for all the reasons Linda mentions!! Learned the heard way.

I live in San Francisco. The guy next door has a little forest of it in his small yard with pink/purple bouginvilla, mixed in. It is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! When the sun is rising and setting, the colors are STUNNING!!!!! 😉😉💖💜💕But he does have to have someone come in and thin it.

@kendralisle2762

3 жыл бұрын

Bougainvillea, even though it can become GINORMOUS, at least it can take a good hard trimming every year to keep control over it. I once lived in a house where a previous owner planted bougainvillea in a 2.5' deep strip of dirt between the driveway and house. We could not use the driveway after mid June. That winter, we had a hard frost and it really burnt the plant. So, late winter, I pruned it down to 18" tall. The neighbors came over and yelled at me and told me I was killing the plant they waited to see bloom every spring. I told them about how badly it had been frost burnt and how I fully intended to use my driveway now. I also said I thought it would be fine considering it can grow upwards of a foot a week in the summer. Well, come spring and after the plant had grown to about 4' tall, they came over saying I had ruined the plant as it had no blooms that year. I suggested they be more patient as the blooms come on the tips of the shoots and the shoots had to be a certain age before they would bloom. Sure enough, in another couple of weeks, it started blooming. By the end of August, it had grown so tall, it went over the edge of my extra tall roof. That winter I pruned it again but only to about 4' tall with no complaints from the neighbors.

100% agree with all of this. Wisteria root damage is horrific too.

Oh my Linda, i am sooo with You with that bamboo! Had to learn that lesson on my own, i planted one like about 15 years ago and all went fine the first lets say three years. But then i started finding little bamboo plants like even five or ten meters away and finally radically tried to dig the whole thing out which was a huuuuge amount of work. Still finding rests of it now and then and if i´d not be after it the bamboo propably still would take over the garden completely in some years...

The neighbor at my old house had Boston ivy on a fence between our yards. It came over, under, and between the slats. It was on the ground in my flower bed also. She never trimmed it. I was glad to finally move.

My mom planted a trumpet vine years ago...against my earnings. 20 years later and it’s taken over the neighborhood.

@rdarrett3635

3 жыл бұрын

😳

@abbyabuyuan7675

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information. I just bought trumpet vine. It will stay in 50 gall container. I will keep on eye on this so I can trim whenever it need to. I want to use it for privacy around the pool area.

@madamesivadgarden

3 жыл бұрын

🌿💗 the neighborhood🤣🤣🤣 (I believe it) 💗🌿

@mymia1027

3 жыл бұрын

@@abbyabuyuan7675 Don’t do it! My husband planted a trumpet vine and it was on the roof. I’m still fighting it off after 15 years. Ditto for bamboo.

@denisemaxwell51

3 жыл бұрын

lol

I think differentiating running bamboo from clumping is important. I've grown the slower growing, clumping varieties (fargesia rufa, robusta, nitida) on our fence lines for 20 years without it invading the neighbor's gardens. And it's gorgeous. I do have running varieties but those have to stay in pots.

@Really10801

2 жыл бұрын

Good point, clumping bamboos are very well behaved and are nothing like the running bamboos, just don't expect much growth from them either.

@cherylmillard2067

2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to make that point. Clumping bamboo is wonderful, I planted timber bamboo, it was 3 inches across at the base and 30 feet tall. Running bamboo can pop up 10 feet away from the parent plant and can push itself up through asphalt, you will need to contain it with a hard plastic barrier at least three feet down.

@mattlloyd9054

2 жыл бұрын

Yup if you love bamboo but don't like the outta control nature of it clumping bamboo is the way to go. It's very well behaved but in my opinion not as attractive. I like the variegated runners like Alphonse Carr lol if that's spelled right, and others like the green and white pygmy. I set lose LOL 4 different runners on my property and have made a fairly successful video called "the monsters called the running bamboo" that shows my ignorance, hatred, and unconditional love of these crazy plants. I was out cutting bamboo outta my neighbors yard earlier questioning why I ever planted it.....but I still love it cuz there's nothing quite like it! Maybe God will bless me and my neighbors by the bamboo blooming before I get to old to control it.🤞🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏🙏

@guysolis5843

2 жыл бұрын

I bought my running bamboo from my local garden center. I had no idea there was a differnce and the person at the center should've warned me. I almost had a disaster. I lined a hole I dug with pool liner but the bamboo simply went over it and re-established and began invading my lawn...I finally killed it all off..clumping sounds like the way to go..

@guysolis5843

2 жыл бұрын

@@cherylmillard2067 Mine went right over the barrier and it was 5 inches above the earth..

In the uk we prune our wisteria every year. To a tight framework- actually you prune twice a year in the winter/early spring. Very easy. No big deal really. You certainly never just let it grow wild like that.

@helenbarber5786

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it grows so vigorously here in the UK, at least I've never seen one grow that enormous.

@13ynysybwl

3 жыл бұрын

its not what you can see is the problem its what is going on under the ground take it from someone who has spent days digging up way war tendrils it even penetrated the landscape fabric that i had laid in the vain hope of controlling its expansion!

@Stettafire

2 жыл бұрын

Same with buddleia and many other plants really. The threat is over exaggerated... probably to get more views.

@dfalco2138

Жыл бұрын

lol I can promise, though it may be easy to tame in the UK, it is NOT in Northeast Texas. I’ve seen it take over with experienced gardeners throwing everything they know at it. It takes down strong fences with its weight. Tears down power lines. Crosses roads. I love seeing it in bloom…but once it gets going, there’s just no stopping it.

@TyJeffriesComposerLyricist

Жыл бұрын

@@dfalco2138 i guess we just prune ours very hard back to a framework early every spring.

So right about the trumpet vine! We have eradicated it from almost everywhere in the yard but we left it run amok in the black walnut trees. The flowers of the vine reach up the trees at least 30 feet and look magnificent in bloom. People stop and ask what kind of tree it is that has such big orange blooms. The hummers really enjoy it.

@jayathapa8409

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dot, I am obsessed with trumpet vine and finally managed to propagate it from seeds and stems cuttings. Now I watched this video and am concerned that it will overtake my little home destroy it and strangle the trees I am so upset what to do?

The only thing I sort of regret planting inside my garden is rose of Sharon’s, tons of seeds and seedlings that have to be pulled all the time.

@LindaVater

3 жыл бұрын

I understand!

@dwighthaas1771

3 жыл бұрын

You can plant Altheas in hard. poor soil so they don't take root easily. But, they are invasive. I had about 40 seedlings from one plant, dug them up and sold them with a warning.

@megenberg8

3 жыл бұрын

thank you for the kind heads-up!

@taitweigel64

3 жыл бұрын

I was given one for mother's day long ago. It was gorgeous until the seedlings came. I finally had a garden helper remove it and I'm still finding seedlings three years later.

@sharonwebb945

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the Hibiscus?

My sister lives in So Cal. I complemented her on how cool and modern her bamboo along the fence was- she just did a slow turned side-eye...

Such a very helpful and informative presentation video! Thank you, Linda!

I was a newly married woman when we bought our first house. 24 years old. I stopped and took a wisteria cutting from the side if the road. I got it to root and put it in my front yard under a tree that was dead. The next day my neighbor showed up with a lovely lilac bush and a chain saw. Unusual way to make a great friend.

@ladyema8836

3 жыл бұрын

I need to know what happened next!

@christines3638

3 жыл бұрын

@@ladyema8836- we lived there for 8 years. Tbe Lilac was beautiful and I learned a lot about what to plant and what to avoid.:)

@ladyema8836

3 жыл бұрын

@@christines3638 Thats awesome, and you had a great friend! Thanks for the story :)

@huntingfashiondolls3307

3 жыл бұрын

A chainsaw? For your dead tree?

Important video. I planted a wisteria vine and it started to destroy my fence. I immediately had it removed. I planted 'clumping' bamboo as a privacy screen and it's totally fine. Must be CLUMPING bamboo. The only thing I don't like about it are the tiny leaves that it drops. It's been in my garden for over 10 years and has only spread a few feet and it's easy to cut the new stems because they pop up next to the original plant instead of sending out shoots everywhere.

@agardener3621

3 жыл бұрын

The shedding is usually due to drought. Bamboos are very thirsty plants

@cynthiacrawford1573

3 жыл бұрын

So clumping is ok.

Love to watch your shows my 13 year old has gotten into gardening and she is a faithful viewer. Thank you.

Thank you so much Linda. I was planning to see if I could train a Trump vine into a hedge covering up a pink cinder block wall in Southern California. I’ve seen them done all over Orange County and LA county. But my construction manager said He detested any vining plant because of where they end up when that good gardening homeowner moves. So I think I’ll put in some nice Dodonaea Purperea and prune them into tree shapes to create the privacy we need.

The important thing to know about japanese/chinese imported plants like wysteria and bamboo is that they out-perform native plants, and therefore will take over everything.

@gemmrk

3 жыл бұрын

China in general is slowly outperforming America not just their plants haha

@bill90405

3 жыл бұрын

In certain parts of the world-Ireland-rhododendrons are considered pests as well.

@truth-is-light1994

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Nothing from China. Lol ijs

@pamelastetor8803

3 жыл бұрын

This is solid advice, and insight!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@stephennelson1687

2 жыл бұрын

Kudzu.....

"and I don't advocate for using nuclear devices in the garden" that truly made me laugh out loud!!! 😂😂😂 I appreciate the humor in this video Linda!😁😁

@ozarkview928

3 жыл бұрын

I think Linda was seriously tempted to use it on that wisteria ! 😂

@Jc-ms3gm

3 жыл бұрын

@@ozarkview928 I know, I think she paused before saying it, and then again, before digesting the idea -:)

@bubbles3042

2 жыл бұрын

Salt is the best killer of everything especially if you put tons of salt I. The water and just keep putting salt on it and anything g will die

I was scared of peppermint, but I pulled a lot out before fall and dried it for tea all winter. It has spread everywhere in the small patch but easy enough to pull back to tidy.🙏

@majawow

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, mint is very aggressive, it will regrow, at least can be easily pulled out.

@justynagorka3972

3 жыл бұрын

@@majawow mine died. No mojitos 😓

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL garden with a beautiful lady I can tell she's got lots of class and she's educated!!! Thank you for sharing to us

Vinca is a pretty flowing plant many colors but gets into everything and is hard to get rid of and also has bitter smelling leaves and flowers. Never plant vinca in ground .plant in containers...

@rherb27

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes

Thank you so much for the warning. I was considering planting wisteria on fence between back neighbor n us.

I have English ivy, trumpet vine, wisteria and ruellia that people are all against and I don't personally have a problem with them. We keep them trimmed back responsibly and that makes all the difference. Your garden is lovely.

@boomer3150

Ай бұрын

Agreed. I grew up along the Little Calumet River in Chicago. My parents also had a lovely garden like this lady's. As I got older, I added vegetables and other flowers. The yard was lovingly tended; trees included Maple, Bur Oak, Cottonwood, Honeylocust, Spruce, Elm, Willow, Birch, Plum, Cherry and Ash. Vines included Wild Grape and Virginia Creeper. They had no "pests" to speak of, though the Willows had aphids, and we would never put any of our plants on a "don't plant" list, unless one had a very small property.

My neighbor planted trumpet vine and it totally grew into her shed and destroyed it along with her wooden fence.

Your garden is stunning 💗 in Rhode Island, that one thing never to plant would be our state flower, the violet! I inherited them and 30 years later, I have never eradicated them. It's impossible. However, I have recently heard they are edible, so at least I wouldn't starve. ☺️

@kellyhowe2551

3 жыл бұрын

Love violets

I couldn't agree more about Wysteria! My old yard had it in the yard when I bought the place and oh my lord it was on the ground and rooting everywhere

I agree with all of your list and have fought them all. I do grow a clumping bamboo and it is very controllable in a home garden, but if in doubt don't grow it. I harvest the seed pods from my trumpet vine before they pop open and that has helped a bunch. I live in a desert climate and can grow ivy, vinca major and chameleon plant and let intense sun and heat control them, but in Pacific NW they are huge problems. Redbuds are another free seeding tree that require a lot of work.

Thank you for this video. English ivy, Irish ivy and vine clematis are also some to mention that grow just like Wisteria.

I am clueless as to how Virginia Creeper ended up growing in my garden. Probably from a bird dropping a seed because my neighbors don't have it growing. It grows along the my bedroom windows and I love the draping it does and the birds build their nest in it. The branches also make great wreath forms because of their flexibility. I have free wreaths to decorate with for the holidays!🤗

@cattastroficka196

3 жыл бұрын

Oh! I never thought of that! I hate our creeper. It climbs our 70 ft blue spruce. I decorate wreaths so now I can make my own instead of buying. Woot!

@tonib5662

3 жыл бұрын

I can't get rid of the Virginia creeper and it damages the morter in my brick wall.

Hi. I live in Sydney, Australia. A few years ago we got our back garden landscaped and mentioned that we wanted some kind of tall plants to block the view from the apartment buildings a few hundred meters away. They suggested bamboos and boy did they ruin both ours and our neighbours' lives. A couple of years ago we had to pay a company to come and dig them completely out of our garden. We are still getting the odd shoot coming out here and there. As far as I'm concerned bamboo is the devil's plant.

@lizbeth9222

3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine had it all along her back fence. Then she got a goat! The goat ate them down to nubs. LOL

@tinasteer2507

3 жыл бұрын

Look for a plant called tiger grass instead of bamboo. I have it on my fence line and it is about 8ft tall has no runners and is only 2 foot wide from the fence line. It is a great for nosey neighbours but doesn’t take up much room. I will not plant the ivy now, thanks for the tips.

@tigerdeer

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinasteer2507 Hi Tina. Thank you for the suggestion. Will look that up.

@tigerdeer

3 жыл бұрын

@@lizbeth9222 Hahahah Liz, that's gold!

My neighbor has a bamboo in her garden and I am so tired to fight it, especially because it grown in the very steep hill and I it is very dangerous to climb there. Once I fell from that hill, I am glad I haven’t broken any bone. I wish she watched your video. I was thinking about planting wisteria but after watching this I won’t. Thank you.

I love shopping with you! And the banter between you, Kayla and Stewart!

I agree 100% about trumpet vine. It is a pest. One plant you don't mention is tradescantia (spiderwort.) It is an invasive plant - even grows in the cracks of the sidewalk.

@stompthedragon4010

2 жыл бұрын

Its also lovely.

OMG I fought Wisteria for years on the property we bought, it was so out of control, almost impossible to get rid of. It was like a monster. The feeders spread all over the yard what a nightmare. I have had to cut wisteria vines so thick it took a CHAINSAW to get through them. DON'T PLANT IT.

@LindaVater

3 жыл бұрын

I know!!!😱😱😱

@hotoneinspai

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had a real problem...it was clearly an old plant which had been allowed to go native...was it against a wall? better to have cut it back severely and trained the new tendrils( feeders I think are what you call them) onto a trellis and remember the flower pinniculs...grow on 12 month old shoots so remember this and prune gently every year.

@tammyvenezia9117

3 жыл бұрын

@@hotoneinspai No, it was a neighbor's "plant" that eventually made it's way onto our 4 acres, it went wild.

@gardeningjunkie2267

3 жыл бұрын

@@hotoneinspai You can't control it's roots, it spreads underground all over and will go on and on showing up in places you never expected.

@bubbles3042

2 жыл бұрын

Use salt it kills everything

Thank you for this video! I recently purchased a Chinese Wisteria sapling for my backyard. My eyes were looking at how beautiful the blooms were, and not at the difficulty, it would present. Thanks to your advice, I will plant something different.

@stompthedragon4010

2 жыл бұрын

You might want to do a little more research. Its not a monster.

Good video. I just chopped out 5 huge pampas grasses that I foolishly planted around my pool ten years ago. I enjoy your videos. Beautiful garden.

I have wisteria as a tree in a 24" pot no drainage holes away from structures and poles and electric lines. my trumpet vine also.

@reneezancewoman

3 жыл бұрын

No drainage holes? That makes sense to avoid roots escaping... I'm planting some in pots this week. Did you put stones in the bottom?

@MyCleverHandle

3 жыл бұрын

There must be a drain hole or the plants would die. Set the pot on bricks so there's open space between the pot and the ground. Poke under the pot a few times a year and saw off any roots that have crept into the soil. Then run like hell when the top growth takes off after bloom. The best use of Wisteria is always in someone else's yard.

@stephanieo6252

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyCleverHandle your so wrong. I love it

I'm in New England and would add Bittersweet to that list. I made the mistake of scattering some seeds years ago for the vine and berries that are commonly used in door wreaths here. It grows and travels underground and comes up everywhere, grows on telephone poles and is seen on roadsides and growing up trees. While it is green and beautiful to look at, it is terribly invasive.

Thank you so much. Your garden is simply divine.

What a great video Linda with so many wonderful,inexpensive ideas. I watched it twice in case I missed something. When the video finished, I immediately added something to my holiday decor thanks to you.😍

Clumping bamboo vs running bamboo. Clumping bamboo will grow out in a circle, it is controllable. Running bamboo is uncontrollable and should be against the law or code in every city.

@klaralee98

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@annehauge

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that is true! Ihave several clumping bamboo in my garden and they are so beautiful!

@jamesthomas1123

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about planting clumping bamboo as a privacy screen, but now I’m a little nervous. Do you have any experience with graceful bamboo or Seabreeze bamboo?

@annehauge

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesthomas1123 Are you asking me? I only have experience with Fargesia murielae. I have 3 in my garden, different heights

I guess I'm lucky to live in an environment where I am just happy to see anything survive let alone become a problem - except for tumble weeds.

@Isabella-nh5dm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's like me. See other comment re: my battle with Achillia.

@akeleven

3 жыл бұрын

trumpet vine even in Arizona, never see the end of it without a couple of years of drought And digging up all roots

@aem5832

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. We must be neighbors😁.

@kimchee94112

3 жыл бұрын

Couple varieties of fig trees do well in the desert. Once established very little maintenance. We had one fig tree producing fruits almost as big as tennis balls and sweet like jelly.

@fishnchips8132

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimchee94112 in Australia we have a rock fig, which must source water in the rocks & exposes it's roots over & around cliffs etc. It's a desert dweller, rather special tree which probably provides food for native animals.

Hi Linda. Very good video. Always useful to know what can cause you problems. I have to agree about the Bamboo especially. I planted some in my garden. First year was fine, second year it stared to thrive, third year I realised I had a problem and it started to spread next door. I had to cut all the shoots down to ground level and burn them. Then I started to dig up the roots. It was a hellish job. The root mass where I initially planted it was crazy. It sent rhizomes out from there also which I had to dig out. I always check now before I plant anything.Wish I had seen your video before I planted it haha. Regards, John from UK.

No nuclear devices in the garden? Well, there went my whole weekend!

As a garden designer who also maintains gardens, I often hear clients say they don't want a plant or tree because it gets too big. Nothing will get bigger or spread futher than you want, unless you do not undertake regular maintenance. I advocate tree pruning every three years, wisteria is pruned twice a year. Also to note there are different forms of bamboo, some are pachymorphic (clump forming) like the Phyllostachys or Fargesias and some run. If you want to plant bamboo but are afraid of its invasiveness, plant in a strong container and bury the container no deeper than the top of the rootball. Choose the right plant for the right place. Get to know your own garden, how much sun/shade; what type of soil do you have? Be realistic about the amount of time you can spend maintaing the garden. Most importantly do not impulse buy because something looks good in the garden centre. I make my living from people making these mistakes.

@cindyruud9107

3 жыл бұрын

I had to prune my wisteria 6 times a yeae.

@sislertx

3 жыл бұрын

I can almost guarantee that if a big box sells it YOU DONT WANT IT. its usually the most invasive easy to grow and now will have that EXTEEMLY.TOXIC CHEMICAL NICOTINE SOMETHING ON IT... A LOT OF LOCALLY OWN ARE THE SAME TOO...AND U GET A LOT.OF INSECTS DISEASES U DONT WANT.... THAT.SAID.BUY LOCAL.

@elainemoore1110

3 жыл бұрын

I had a wisteria that I had to prune every week in the summer or you couldn’t make it up my front steps.

@cindyruud9107

3 жыл бұрын

@@elainemoore1110 Those things smell so good but so hard to control. I had to cut mine down when it wrapped itself around the neighbor's deck. Gardening should be fun, not spending all your time on one plant.

Privet! Bishop's weed! Those are 2 local thugs here in middle Tennessee. And then there's Bermuda grass which no one ever plants but you get anyway. Your hair is adorable and your shirt is just lovely!

@nancyparmelee4161

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes ! on the bishops weed. I rescued some plants from someone’s garden and there must have been bishops weed in there. I’m in New York and 20 years later I still can’t get rid of it.

@danamackenzie8615

3 жыл бұрын

Omg Bishop’s Weed. I was buying it at a small nursery and the owner begged me NOT to buy it and said I would regret it but it looked so nice in her landscape; I said I loved it and bought it. Shoot me now! Every time I am trying to get rid of it while NOT getting rid of what its growing within, I think of Theresa begging me NOT to buy it. Just Say No to Bishop’s Weed!!!

@dereka8041

3 жыл бұрын

Same here in Bowling Green, KY.

@danamackenzie8615

3 жыл бұрын

@@dereka8041 I'm Seattle, WA so it spreads it's pain all across the country.

@ltilley7343

3 жыл бұрын

Bremuda grass is a nightmare to get rid of!

Bought a house with a dead looking wisteria root sticking out of the ground. Never had a leaf on it. Thought it was dead untill I went into my attic, where I found all the live leaves growing abundently.

@LindaVater

3 жыл бұрын

You are kidding!!!

@robinholbrook6576

3 жыл бұрын

At my last home I had a detached garage. My neighbor on one side (about 30 yds) away from garage) had wisteria growing on an arbor. I always enjoyed it from afar. My neighbors behind me me and across the alley (about 75 yds away...I had half an acre) had bamboo across their rear fence line. My garage was old and damp and built into the slope of the hill. Took it out and built new one. That summer I had BOTH wisteria AND bamboo coming up INSIDE my new garage between the slab and the walls! I kid you not! Seems we had disturbed the roots and exposed them to LIGHT! What had been dormant was now ALIVE! Like Frankenstein! We had to nuke them with poison and I’m an organic gardener in Texas! I was LIVID! Took my animals to an hotel! Here in my new home nandina goes nuts but folks want it so I let people come get. Same with herbs, palm pups, grasses, etc. I give away free they just have to dig carefully with my sterilized shovels. Works for all concerned!

I just had my husband dig up our wisteria! It was driving me crazy! We planted a pink lady slipper hydrangea in it's place! So glad that it's gone, but it took a lot of digging! Those wisteria roots are enormous!!

Also that came with the property is a vine called wild grape, it makes a good hedge over the wire fence put there but needs constant pruning and maintenance

@joy4118

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Wild grapes are much harder to control than Virginia Creeper for me.

English ivy is my nemesis.. huge bed full of it when I moved here....3 yrs later still fighting it...

@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164

3 жыл бұрын

Look on the bright side, other than cutting it back once in a while, you'll never have to mow it.

@davidrichards9654

3 жыл бұрын

The bee's and butterflies any buzzy insect loves the flowers of Ivy, when they opened you could hear the buzzing 50 feet away.

@davemi00

3 жыл бұрын

English Ivy - Yep, it’s everywhere that’s shady. I eliminated it in my yard, but not my neighbors and it’s back.

@aw04tn58

3 жыл бұрын

I fought a war against it after it started delaminating the brick on my 1890's house. I lost. Moved and it's probably still there.

@dlsdyer9071

3 жыл бұрын

Ivy, honeysuckle, Vining Jasmine, Virginia Creeper, mints, kudzu, mimosa, Morning Glory, onions and Tut grass are extremely invasive in our area. Bradford pears grow fast, then split once over twelve feet. I bought a trumpet vine last year but am keeping it in a pot on my deck. First sign of little starts in the yard.. it's gone.

Thank you very much, and may I say you have a beautiful garden. God bless you and your family x

You’re so right. Thank you! My neighbor has planted bamboo, ivy, privet and wisteria. All such a nuisance!

@parsley_plants

2 жыл бұрын

(screams internally) Wow. I'm so sorry.

grafted wisteria in container simply EXCELLENT!!! bamboo in container simply EXCELLENT!!!

@pamb7560

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could give this comment 1,000 likes. I love bamboo, but I’ve resisted planting it. Container bamboo, here I come!!!

@kathrynmcfarlane1243

3 жыл бұрын

Bamboo escapes

Yes! Carolina Jasmine...was so pretty climbing my wrought iron trellis until it dragged it down. Last year I took out the vine and the trellis and thought it was all gone, wrong. Evidently the root is traveling under my stone patio because I found it climbing my blueberry bushes this year. 😳 Also, Cypress Vine! I planted it to climb over the support of a swing. I bet I pulled out hundreds of little starts popping up all over my gravel and in the grass around the swing. Grrrr. 🤪 I’m in zone 8a, Georgia. Love that you are helping everyone avoid the other bad ones! ❤️

@naturallife9931

3 жыл бұрын

Joy Whitley Hi Joy...I thought the cypress vine was sooo cute when I was gifted some babies years ago from a friend...you know the rest of the story😂

@joywhitley3141

3 жыл бұрын

NaturalLife 😜lol!!

Thanks for the advice and the chuckles. I truly laughed out loud when you suggested nuking one of the vines! Love your channel, BTW.

We had the same issue with Wisteria, it grew up the utility pole and caused a horrific fire but after that fire, we learned that it's so easy to control. As soon as you notice it growing up a pole, cut it at ground level and that will stop it for a while, it only takes a minute to cut it.

When the English Ivy in my garden Finally bit the dust (several years ago) over a particularly cold and tough Midwest winter, I did the dance of joy.

@davemi00

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats, in Flint, Mich nothing will stop it. I did but my neighbor kept his and it’s baaaaack !! 😂

I loved this video, knew most of them, someone tried to give me trumpet vine and I said NO🤭👍

@andreaberryman5354

2 жыл бұрын

Trumpet vine and wisteria are an in-lawn plant to be pruned into a tree, in the middle of your lawn, next to NOTHING. 🤣 THAT is how ya grow those. Lol

Love ur garden. Great vid just subscribed.

Thank you miss, very informative, I've been working with flowers for years pulling orders . I know now I know nothing and sales people know even less. Love you and thank you for passing your wealth of knowledge. Sorry for my run on sentences.

I have every one of those plants in my yard, and I love them. Ivy and creeper like the shade so it doesn't invade the well lighted areas. Wisteria can be pruned from time to time - and should be! Each plant adds something to the landscape and all of them are like children, they need some degree of supervision. My yard has a type of bloom in it year round and it adds a little cheer.

@jorgehoran1691

3 жыл бұрын

I rip out any Virginia creeper that rears it’s head. The neighbor has it climbing up trees so I can enjoy the autumn color without too much trouble. I started a wisteria a few years ago & it’s still limping along (too much shade, maybe this year it’ll finally grow)

@bobshelton2812

3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgehoran1691 It takes a couple of years (depending on the soil) for the wisteria roots to become established, and then it will take off. If it has something to climb on, it will grow straight up, seeking the sunlight. In a few more years, you will need to keep it pruned, or it will take over a location.

@dianenorris6852

3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said as I have all those plans as well!

@leighcontella811

3 жыл бұрын

I can NOT get rid of the Virginia Creeper in my yard... most especially in my juniper. It’s an inherited problem. Ugh

@bobshelton2812

3 жыл бұрын

@@leighcontella811 When the ground is soft, you can often pull it up by the roots. I don't know your soil type, but in hard clay, just cut out all the roots you can find.

HaHa !! In zone 4b, we do not have those problems since we have 5-6 months of snow and cold. Snow-on-the-mountain is a pain for us and almost impossible to remove.

My aunt has had wisteria growing on a pergola. It is absolutely gorgeous. It has been there for years and she have never had any problems with hers.

In South Florida it is the Dragon Tree. The root is large and big as a trench. You’ll need a bull dozer with digging ability. And if a thumb size fall to the ground, one month, it’s growing all over again.

@Vogeln

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how it performs in South Florida but in Sarasota (zone 9b) the worst thing you can plant is the muscadine grape. They will grow everywhere and if not controlled, you'll have vines - thick enough for Tarzan to swing on - growing all up and down your trees. They spread by underground branches and will invade every section of your property. I'm speaking from experience.

@Jersey1971

3 жыл бұрын

Als oleander it's pretty but poisonous the realtor will make you pull them out in order to sell your home

We had wisteria that was killing the trees on the riverbank it took 3 years of judicious use of Tordon to eradicate it.

Leylandii - great if you trim it regularly and never let it grow above 6’. I felled some 30 foot trees with a hand saw, and when I asked a neighbour if it was ok to remove one he rushed out to help me. It cost me £200 to get the stumps removed.

Years ago our neighbour made the mistake of planting wild onions. They are now in three different gardens and spread throught the lawn and flowerbeds. ☹️

wow i know nothing about gardening and from a totally different part of the world but this is really interesting ..i love your garden! Its divine.

Morning glory and ivy are my past nightmares.

@bethmccallum6156

3 жыл бұрын

My neighbour’s mint, ivy and vinca. Constant battle.

@elainemoore1110

3 жыл бұрын

My neighbor has morning glory and it is a total nightmare for all three of their neighboring houses, including me!

@user-mw6jo7ql1c

3 жыл бұрын

Kudzu vines are terrible as well

@annem9139

3 жыл бұрын

@@bethmccallum6156 yes I second all three of those. I left vinca behind in my last garden after losing the battle, and have moved to a home where MINT has been planted, and ivy is almost endemic.

@thealchemist6994

3 жыл бұрын

Ivy is a pain to have from outside. They are invading my hedge and i dont stop pulling them out. Ivy are sturdy climbing creepers.

My plant "enemy" is ground ivy. It started popping up about 8 years ago. Now, I fight it in every bed. It has done a nice job of covering the bare, shady spot, though.

@joy4118

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Of all plants I have dealt with in Minnesota - Ground Ivy - or "Creeping Charlie" is the most challenging.

Here in Virginia, the air is haunted by the stench of Bradford Pears during the spring. They are invasive and have a horrible smell. Never plant them unless you like the smell of dead fish for three weeks.

@prayingwifeandmama4251

3 жыл бұрын

Also, they are notorious for splitting.

Omg! Your garden is a dream! Love this♡