Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
#109001 Aug 13th, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
Purl One
30k Posts
OP Offline
Purl One
30k Posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
Is this the dreaded "mile a minute" vine that is taking over everywhere around here, or even kudzu?

Whatever it is, it's stubborn, and has prickers about every 1/2 inch on both sides.

[Linked Image]

(no, it's not poison ivy - the leaves are wrong and it's not shiny)


[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
plants 'n pots #109223 Aug 13th, 2007 at 04:00 PM
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,540
The Man
3k Posts
Offline
The Man
3k Posts
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,540
It doesn't look like the mile a minute weed that I know of :huh:


[Linked Image]

Helping the world one seed at a time

When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. Mary Ann LaPensee
kennyso #109232 Aug 13th, 2007 at 04:06 PM
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,280
1k Posts
Offline
1k Posts
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,280
looks like blackberry


I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!!

RugbyHukr #109352 Aug 13th, 2007 at 06:53 PM
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
Purl One
30k Posts
OP Offline
Purl One
30k Posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
hmmmm - well that would be a shame if it actually WAS blackberry, because we ripped it out and it's gone! It was growing well underneath a huge butterfly bush, among other perennials - unless a bird dropped it there, I have no idea where it would have come from!


[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
plants 'n pots #109383 Aug 13th, 2007 at 08:02 PM
Jiffymouse
Unregistered
Jiffymouse
Unregistered
definitely not kudzu. leaves are wrong.

#109432 Aug 13th, 2007 at 08:55 PM
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 8,700
Little Sprout
5k Posts
Offline
Little Sprout
5k Posts
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 8,700
Could be blackberry, but I doubt it...


[Linked Image from agardenersforum.com]

THE SPROUT IS BACK!
badplanter #109471 Aug 13th, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 4,745
WildRedRidingHood
4k Posts
Offline
WildRedRidingHood
4k Posts
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 4,745
I have that weed too, Lynne. The best way to rip it out without getting prickled is right down by the ground. And shovel the ground first to get all the roots loosened. I don't have a name for it, I just call it "weed".

I also have blackberries and it's not the same. The blackberry grows upright and this weed clings to the ground and doesn't produce any fruit.


[Linked Image]
#109606 Aug 14th, 2007 at 06:27 AM
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,275
Number Seven
1k Posts
Offline
Number Seven
1k Posts
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,275
I have that same dang vine, too...it's usually lerking inbetween other weeds that I'm pulling up and before I know it I have a hand full of thorns!


[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
alankhart #109661 Aug 14th, 2007 at 07:04 AM
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
Purl One
30k Posts
OP Offline
Purl One
30k Posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
I didn't think it was blackberry, though it did look like some google pictures I found of it. This thing just popped up in the middle of a very densely planted garden - never saw it anywhere before on our property. I had to get Don to get it out, as he has better gloves for prickly things, and was also able to reach the roots better than I could. Hopefully he got it all out!

And Cindy... I like that you "save my brain space for important things" -
sounds like a good idea to me!


[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
plants 'n pots #110249 Aug 14th, 2007 at 09:13 PM
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 100
Member
Offline
Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 100
Isn't that a wild red respberry? I have a million of them, too, because of the birds. If they have little 5-petalled white flowers in spring, that's what they are. One year my husband pulled them all up and they came back the next spring as if nothing had happened. The next fall, I sent him with 2-4D (weed begone) and he did a broadcast spray. That did the trick, and because it was in mid-September, it didn't kill anything else (that I could see) because nothing was in active growth. I'm not sure I'd call mine a vine, tho.


PG
PartyGirl #110612 Aug 15th, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 108
Member
Offline
Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 108
Definately a type of Rubus (my favorite family). Either Wild Rasperry (Rubus leucodermis) or Trailing Blackberry (Rubus Ursinus).
Trailing Blackberry(hugs the ground and)has male and female plants so you sometimes get a whole mass of them with no fruit. I pull the ones without white flowers in the spring. (also turns reddish purple in winter).
Wild Rasperry grows upright in circular bunches. It can take a year before it has fruit on it. (also turns blueish purple in winter).
I suppose these plants would be more of a nuicance unless you were really fond of the wild berries like I am.

Emerald #110702 Aug 15th, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
Purl One
30k Posts
OP Offline
Purl One
30k Posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 31,597
I do love berries, but this was one very very long stem, in the middle of my packed perennial garden. I'll keep an eye out next spring to see if it returns.


[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Link Copied to Clipboard
Seasonal Ticker
Gardening Links
Gardening in February
Gardening in March
Gardening in April


Shop at Amazon and Support AGF
Are you shopping online? Click this link first and A Gardeners Forum will receive a commission for your referral at Amazon.com (shopping through this link to Amazon will not have any impact on your prices at Amazon).
Like Us on Facebook
Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics14,312
Posts240,810
Average Daily Posts3
Members16,004
Most Online10,356
Nov 2nd, 2019
Top Posters(30 Days)
Random Gallery Image
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5