If I have a perennial that's *overtaking*, I'm vicious about pulling the starters out in the spring when the plant is young or about now when they've spent their bloom from summer.

Black-eyed Susans, Lambs Ear, and Japanees Lanterns are spread by seed so even if you pull up ALL the plants more will grow back next year...hence the reason for pulling up young ones in the spring to keep control.

I just tore out a HUGE clump of Lamb's Ear because it looked old. I'm sure new LE will be around somewhere next year.

Lily of the Valley are next in line for major pulling.

It's the NEW Poison Ivy that has me baffled and *on guard*. NEVER had to deal with it before anywhere...didn't really know for sure if it was PI.
A friend and a rash confirmed it.

Remember: Perinneals SLEEP the first year, CREEP the second year and LEAP the third year after planting.

A friend brought me some ivy to plant. it took a few years to get going but now has taken over. I spend a lot of time trying to get rid of it now.

Morning Glory in our neck of the woods is considered a weed LOL.

Growing up my dad owned a nursery - I haven't planted anything that I didn't love but it's probably because of my background.

I have bishop's weed, brought to my garden unintentially in a hosta transplant from my FIL's garden. There must have been a tiny piece of bishop's weed root mixed in with the hosta root - that's all it takes! It has been a major problem in my garden since. I have to be digging it up constantly or it will take over. I have it contained in one area now and can't seem to get rid of it completely.

I had never heard of Kikuyu Grass ... so I lookedit up ... and found this: It is on both the California and the Federal noxious-weed lists. In other words, it is illegal to plant kikuyugrass deliberately.

It's also very hard to get rid of ... I found my information at this website:

http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_m...h_kikuyugrass/

I had tried growing morning glories from seed for years. What a lot of work! Soak the seed, nick the seeds, etc. At a Church rummage sale, I saw morning glory plants. I was also always told you can't transplant them like that. So I bought them to try. YEARS and years later, it had just about taken over the front flowerbed. I pulled it out, I dug out the dirt and replaced the dirt. Took some plant to a nursery and fund out it was the weed morning glory, you can't transplant MorningGlories!! We sprayed, killed and dug out the whole front flowerbed and hubby brought in a load of dirt from the fields. Still some comes up every year and I pull it out. I AM GOING TO WIN THIS ONE!!!

Those orage day lilies that grow along the side of the road. I've been trying to dig them out & kill them for years now.

This is a spider plant idk the real name. My neighbor gave me a few small plants, and they grow EVERYWHERE! gavel driveway the yard and choke out other plants. This year I pulled them all out before seeds. I know I will have to do it again next year too.

Now I see the Cock's comb is going wild, I guess that is another wild plant that takes over ......

The pic is last year

LOL same problem here. I still think they are pretty but in moderation!

Clematis...thats the name...my DH would kill for a spread like that..we have only been able to grow as an annual here