Thank you both. We did get our money's worth as far as I'm concerned; our entire yard was hopelessly overgrown and it took 4 men 9 hours to get it cleared out. This is just one plant in one small bed, and I didn't specifically ask them to remove these plants. That was my mistake. My guess is that they assumed they were lilies that I wanted to keep. They did a perfect job with everything else so I'm not at all dissatisfied with them. Knowing what they are and what to do really helps me; I can go out and dig up some of the roots and thin them out, and then see what happens next spring. They have been in for 10 years and never flowered, but perhaps they've always been too crowded. I'll give it a try and see if I get any blooms next year. Thanks for your help!

Poast and Select are two herbicides meant for grass, both are expensive. They work best on young grasses, 5 to 6 leaf stage. Older grasses, react more slowly (2 to 3 weeks). Once they begin to head out, forget it. You could try wiping them with a mild solution (1%) of Round-up. Put on a latex glove with a cotton glove over top. Dip your hand in the solution and grab the leaves you can get at without dripping or touching your ornamentals then pull up. Try not to damage the leaves but get as much Round-up on the pest as you can. Again though, if the grass is mature, the results will be less than desirable.

Last spring , I had a huge crop of it everywhere and I tore it out all spring and hauled it off to the compost heap. When it flowered I pulled the seed heads and bagged them and composted the rest. Irritating plant. Bugs,beetles, flies, bees and butterflies seem to like it. They seem to die in the summer heat and dryness here.

I have a bush in front of my house that has been getting overrun by a vine type weed. The weed will grow up the house and attach to everything. I'd ideally like to keep the bush but kill the weed for good. Is there a way that I can do that, or do I need to pull the whole bush out? The weed roots are growing out of both the ground and out of the plant itself. Below are some photos. Please Help! Bush: Weed roots (after being cut). These are just some of the roots. They are growing out of the bush all over the place. Weeds (after being cut out):