http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/882 Susan Harris's blog about eco-friendly and urban gardening, plus the adventures of a DC-based garden writer, coach and occasional rabble-rowser. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:41:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/882/comment-page-1#comment-4261 Soreknees Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:42:52 +0000 http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=882#comment-4261 You should consider avoiding any nursery selling houttuynia aka chameleon plant aka Korean ivy because it's both aggressive and probably invasive. After 5 years of trying to eradicate my mistake, I've given up digging and smothering and hoeing and all the standard good, organic ways of trying to eliminate it. The only way to eliminate it is to paint its leaves -- whenever they pop out of the ground -- with straight from the containter glyphosate (41%). I've been doing this for three or four summers now and am making progress. Maybe next summer no more leaves will pop up. But I wouldn't bet on it. I'm ready with my bottle of glyphosate if it does. You should consider avoiding any nursery selling houttuynia aka chameleon plant aka Korean ivy because it’s both aggressive and probably invasive. After 5 years of trying to eradicate my mistake, I’ve given up digging and smothering and hoeing and all the standard good, organic ways of trying to eliminate it. The only way to eliminate it is to paint its leaves — whenever they pop out of the ground — with straight from the containter glyphosate (41%). I’ve been doing this for three or four summers now and am making progress. Maybe next summer no more leaves will pop up. But I wouldn’t bet on it. I’m ready with my bottle of glyphosate if it does.

]]> http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/882/comment-page-1#comment-4219 kathleen Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:21:14 +0000 http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=882#comment-4219 Have you noticed the smell of those plants when you pull them? Ugh. I was constantly pulling them out of my Arlington back yard. Impossible to eradicate. Leaving the houttuynia - think it's also called chameleon plant - was one of the big upsides of selling my old house. Have you noticed the smell of those plants when you pull them? Ugh. I was constantly pulling them out of my Arlington back yard. Impossible to eradicate. Leaving the houttuynia – think it’s also called chameleon plant – was one of the big upsides of selling my old house.

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