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"suzilem" wrote:

"Omelet" wrote in message
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MrClean wrote:

Can someone ID these "vines" growing on the fence in
my backyard. They have also begun to spring up in patches
in the middle of the yard.

Since this is not a binaries group and they frown on attachments,
here are links to photos of the culprits:

http://www.theshipmanfamily.com/100_0475.jpg
http://www.theshipmanfamily.com/100_0476.jpg

Looks like Virginia Creeper. I'm jealous! I bought one from the nursery
as it's supposed to be a good shade grower, but have not managed to get
it going.

I have at least three growing near my front porch, and I haven't been able
to erradicate them! I've even dug up root balls three years in a row.
Within a couple of weeks, they're baaaack!

If you'd like to visit Leander with a shovel, you're welcome to retrieve as
many chunks-o-specimen as you'd like. :-)

:-)
If I could ever find the time, I would.
I'd be happy to pay you for a live root ball...

Since you can't eradicated it, try potting it and selling it. I've taken
plant propagates and traded them at the nurseries for other plants that
I've wanted. Many are amenable to doing that.
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