Unknown brambly plant in my front yard
purslanegarden
4 years ago
In Texas. I've had this plant for a few years in my yard, grows well in shade but if it's normally a sunny plant, I'm glad it's not getting all the sun it can handle, otherwise it might be even more formidable.
Can't quite seem to get rid of it. Last year, I did very little gardening, including weeding, and this year, it shows. This plant is thriving, sending up multiple shoots. At least, I think they are shoots from underground runners, as opposed to new plants from seeds.
It reminds me of a kind of berry plant, with the small white flowers and thorny stems, but I've never seen any berries on it.
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Comments (4)I have read some posts describing sinking in 20 inch roof flashing for a vertical barrier. I might try this next to our shed. And now I am thinking if only growing raspberries which I prefer. I spent some time today looking at my blackberries and they are popping up all over the place. I might try large tubs. I am also resolving to relocate the raspberries from my deck. Too much potential for them getting out if control!...See Morewhat to plant in my front yard
Comments (18)You didn't say what exposure the front is-it will make a difference. One option that noone has mentioned yet is camellias-evergreen & flowering, but they will do better w/ a protected location. The Ackerman varieties be best in this region & I think you can see alot of them at the Natl. Arboretum? (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). I have 3 Winter's Star in my front bed, planted 2 years ago, they're kind of sprawling, but much nicer than the Japanese hollies I dug out. I also have another Winter's Star & a Snowflurry in the back, they've both made it through 2 winters, while some of the other camellias bit the dust (partly my fault, planted under pines, western exposure, w/ no protection from the wind). I have 2 weigelas, 'Wine & Roses', in the front also, they only just started to leaf out. They look like dead, twiggy lumps during the winter, I'm replacing them this year with either loropetalum or Kleims hardy gardenias....See MoreHuge unknown plant started growing in my front yard
Comments (2)Thank you so much Chris, that's exactly what it is! Now I know there is no way I can let it grow where it is. Thanks again. Elia...See Morehaving problems figuring out what to plant in my front yard for a tree
Comments (11)Before I'd make that ^ pronouncement, I'd question OP about what is meant by a 25 ft. limit in size. I'm about as sure as a guy at a computer at a remote location can be that what he/she means is that the yard section or whatever little plot this is is 25 ft. wide. That simply does not say anything about what tree can or can't "fit" that spot. Remember dear readers....large-growing "shade tree"-type trees, when mature, exist as a trunk somewhere out in the yard. The trunk may grow large, but no tree I'm aware of in the N. temperate zone is going to have a trunk 25 ft. wide. What is almost surely the case is that any large-growing "shade tree"-type tree could in fact easily inhabit that space...and at maturity, would consist of a trunk with all the tree up high overhead. Such trees form living ceilings over our "outdoor rooms" which is what landscaping seeks to provide. Take that same 25 ft. wide area, plant one of the ornamental, low-crowning species, and now you really have taken up all that space. Nobody can throw a ball around, nobody can even just walk there, because there's a big, wide-spreading ornamental tree crown in the way. That's the reality of this big tree/small tree conundrum-that many folks get it exactly backwards-the large-growing type-at maturity-taking up less space than the little redbud, fl. crab, or what have you. People that give out lots of landscape advice should learn to recognize this elemental fact....See More
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