WELL...last night someone on name that plant forum indicated that it was called Yellowrocket, which led to finding that it is probably a very close relative of Yellowrocket: Wild Radish. Whis is a very close relative to Wild Mustard :-) The only reason it can't be Yellowrocket is because the stems and leaves have tiny hairs, which indicates it is Wild Radish. However. I have seen pics of Wild Radish now on Google Images that don't look like this plant, and some that show Yellowrocket looking dead-on accurate, save for the leaves. Ha. At any rate, I'm pulling them up...tis' not to be... Thanks so much for your help, timbu and fammsimm. Now I am also familiar with two other kinds of weeds, so if I spot them, I'll know right away :-) Joanna

The tree of heaven is a nightmare. I am obsessed with the trees! Everytime I see one I want to cut it down. I hate seeing them along rt. 78. My husband now is obsessed with them and says they are even growing in NYC - where he works. My father hates them also so we diligently cut every female tree down as soon as possible but they seed so rapidly you can't keep up. Our neighbors don't cut theirs down so they end up seeding our property. My husband thought that since it's such a hard tree to cut down (seeminly like a dense hardwood) he would dry it and burn it for firewood. It was worthless. It's a totally useless tree - it stinks when you cut it or pull a seedling out of the ground and sucks up all the water out of the ground - stealing it from other plants! About the Japanese stilt grass. It's a nightmare to control. We just can't keep it under control at all and hope that the sheep we are going to get will eat it. It chokes out all of our redwood oak seedlings we plant for our reforestation activity. I'm wondering if crown vetch will choke it out or if the stilt grass with choke out the c.v. We used to have multiflora rose growing in abundant but we finally got rid of them. Thanks for letting me vent! :) Any help you can offer with control ideas - please pass on. thx.

It would be helpful to see the entire plant. In spite of that missing detail, I'll suggest that it's nutgrass. If so, you can win the game if you are persistent. You must always remove it when it has only 4 leaves. The idea is to starve those nutlets and not allow new ones to develop.

From the picture and description I would guess it is Houttuynia cordata, matching foliage and scented stem and foliage. Some like the smell, others hate it. Does quite well in full sun when near water, as a matter of fact, it becomes invasive under those conditions. Multi-colored varieties attract people to plant it in their yards, much to their chagrin. hortster Here is a link that might be useful: