Chinese tallow
Wax leaf ligustrum
Nandina domestica
purple loosestrife

In my garden, personally, I'd have to say bermuda is the most invasive plant of
the year.


On 02 Nov 2003 22:19:19 GMT, (SAS567) opined:

My nomination for Invasive Plant of the Year: Bittersweet.
Dad thought it would be neat to plant this thing at the
shady end of the old grape arbor where the grapes have
pretty much died out. Dad is gone now, but the bittersweet
had become quite robust, taking over most of the grape
arbor and had migrated over to a power pole and was two
thirds of the way up. The latter looked like an especially
bad idea. So I decided that it has to go, and after a half
a day of digging, pulling, and cutting, I'm confident that
I have failed to eliminate it. Who would have suspected
that even a quarter inch vine shoot connects to a one inch
root below the ground's surface? Yes, it has lush green
foliage and pretty red-orange berries and grows fast. I
suspect it may even be sentient, as it tried several times
to strangle, trip, or ensnare me as I was working on it.
I look forward to attacking this worthy opponent again in
the spring ;-)

Same thing happened to me, except mine did make it up to the transformer at the
top of the power lines. I had to cut the vine with a chain saw to kill that
section of it. I also have another one that's growing up a section on the rear
of my house. The vine has so many runner roots that small shoots are coming up
in the rest of my flowerbed along the back of the house and even out in the
lawn. I getting rid of this one this fall.
Sue in Mi. (zone 5)