Can anyone Id this vine and how to get rid of it?
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How can I get rid of trumpet vine that has become invasive?
and comes up all over my yard including my rose garden?
If you have one close, go to your local extension office..............take a sample with you so they can identify, and they will have information on how to eradicate it.
I have been trying to eradicate it from my yard since purchasing my new home. I dug up most of it, but some was interwoven with other plants. I poured some weed killer into a cup and dipped the vine into it as far as it would go, being careful not to get the weed killer on the other plants. Two weeks later, it was dead! Just keep digging and killing . . .
If you've used weed killer or digging it, it will probably come back. It is smilax, without a doubt. It's very hard to get rid of. I suggest that you Google or otherwise research smilax, and I think you'll be convinced. Sorry.
Here in S.E MN where I live wild grapevine is my nemesis. Our neighbor had one right next to her house that kept invading my lilac that is huge. I tried roundup on the leaves all over our yard where they were popping up and it did not work. Out of frustration I hacked at it with a hatchet, but it was too big [the one next to the house], since there were open areas I cut into I put roundup liberally on them. It took a while, but I haven't seen a leaf on it for a year now.
http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=C867-2
Get the round up that is supposed to be mixed with water, don't mix it pour it straight on. A more natural way is straight apple cider vinegar ( the brown stuff) it will take a couple of weeks but keep pouring either one you choose on and in a month I don't think they will grow back. But keep in mind nothing else will for about six months.
if it has thorns, it could be Kudzu, very invasive in NC and southern states; a pain to deal with! husband used to call it the "NC potato", Kudzu has root tubers that go very deep, and tho you can cut the plant, tubers will grow back. we fought those suckers for 20 yrs! (they won of course, despite hubby digging constantly) oh well.......
I have an invasive that birds spread into my front gardens UGH. After fighting w it for a couple of years I finally got someone from the extension office to Id it. I pulled out all that I could...hatcheted the plants below the ground level. Pulling over the mulch to do it. Placed solid bulk plastic over the dirt and replaced the mulch. All of this activity meant I had to relocate iris tubers and throw out some flowering favorites. It has been 2 years now...deprived of moisture and light. I put potted plants in the area on top of the area because I could not handle the empty area. It's working. You don't need round up. It doesn't work in a permanent way anyway. Just some sweat and patience.
In a house we used to own, my nemesis was a trumpet vine that invaded everything in its path. It had originally been planted by the neighbor next door, but when they couldn't get rid of it, they "conveniently" relocated the fence line and moved it closer to their home and leaving the legacy of the trumpet vine on my side. While it gave me about four inches more of property (that was established by a community law passed many years ago), it also gave me the stupid trumpet vine.
What we did was cut the thing off as near the ground as we could get. The trunks were huge! Once we got them cut down to the ground, we drilled three holes in the center of the larger ones and two in the smaller ones that were at least five to six inches deep inside the root. Yes, they were thick enough to accommodate that many holes in them. Then we poured a plant poison inside the holes and filled them with a tarry mixture to keep it from leaching back out the top of the holes.
While it took a bit of doing, with all the chopping, drilling, pouring, tarring, etc., it actually did the trick. The trumpet vine died and we didn't even have to worry about any tendrils because it killed those also. The only thing we had to take care of were any of the root system that came up in other areas along the fence line, but we did them the same way and within 8 to 10 months we were trumpet vine free! I was never so glad to get rid of something in my life as I was that monstrosity.
It was nothing but a haven for hornets, wasps and spiders, the first two which I am highly allergic to. The spiders tried their best to keep control of the other two pests, but even they were overwhelmed with the amount of wasps and hornets that loved those trumpets. Even the bees and hummingbirds stayed away.
We did get the suggestion from our local Extension Office. They told us the exact procedure, chemicals, mixture, etc., to use, and they were an invaluable resource.
Good luck!!!!!
I've heard this may work on hard to get rid of vines. I've used it on wisteria. Go to a florist, buy a couple of those little plastic flower holders with the rubber cover that the florist sticks down in arrangements with water in them to keep the flower fresh. Go home, fill it with weed killer, cut the vine and put the rooted end into the filled plastic holder. This will feed the vine!
Here's a post that might help https://chascrazycreations.com/home-made-weed-killers/