Re: Help identifying a vine/weed, and advice to get rid of it

Mike <mike.baranski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On May 31, 10:18 am, FragileWarrior
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William Wagner <not-to-here-william...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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In article <1180619092.741300.202...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mike <mike.baran...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have this weed growing all around the fence, and into the yard
at my house.

It grows along the ground, up the fence, up trees, and tangles up
the lawn mower blade.

When I started pulling it up, it was pretty obvious that it's a
huge network of the thing, and it's cross-hatched all underneath
the soil.

So far, every few weeks, I get the new growth and cut it back, but
can't seem to figure out how to get rid of it all at once.

There are pictures at:

http://mikeski.net/new/albums/view/22

Does anyone have any advice on how to permanently get rid of this
thing, and what the heck it is?

I'd guess Honey Suckle.

The leaves don't look right, do they? (Not for the Honeysuckle we
have here in Indiana, at least.) Honeysuckle IS invasive and
considered a dangerous invasive in some places, though.

Does it flower, Mike? What do the flowers look like? Honeysuckle
smells really nice.

I don't know if it flowers, I suppose I'll find out. I thought it
looked like trumpet vine, but haven't seen any flowers yet.

The placement of the leaves look a bit similar to Trumpet Vine but not
exactly the same, I don't think. Here's a fairly good photo of the
leaves: http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/630/

Trumpet Vine is late to come up, too. It would have been one of the last
things to green up in spring. At least that's been my experience with
it. But then I also can't get it to grow where I want it to grow - or
nearly as much of it as I want -- either.

.

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