How to kill wild morning glory without hurting the roses in my rose ga
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Comments (34)It sounds like relations with your brother aren't so great, either, or else he has a bad conscience about his wife's behavior. For the sake of family peace, I'd be tactful, but I'd be clear and firm: express a willingness to share cuttings and explain how to get them to root, but make it clear that your sister-in-law is not to take cuttings without your permission, so that she doesn't damage rare and vulnerable plants. It might help if you explain that these roses didn't come for the nearest big box store, as lagomorphmom said. If you can work in an implication that she'll have a better garden in the long run if she has you as a friend and gardening ally rather than as an enemy, so much the better, but unfortunately a lot of people don't understand this line of reasoning. Good luck!! Melissa...See MoreHelp! Morning Glory is overtaking my Garden!
Comments (43)I have been fighting this purple morning glory for years, pretty sure it is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_indica. I thought it was beautiful when I first saw it too. It has choked out all my other climbing vines, passiflora, jasmine, honeysuckle, strangled fruit trees, completely obscured climbing roses, etc, etc. I spend at least half my time in the garden pulling it, it comes up in long ropes. It has taken over much of our block in, yes, San Francisco. It climbed in the space between my house and my neighbor's, and actually made it's way through the walls and started growing in the basement! My neighbor recently had her roof fixed, and the roofer said it was covering both roofs, he was kind enough to pull them off of her roof and our roof, where it was growing on top of the solar panels. This stuff is serious, and much more pernicious than the delicate blue morning glory. I have not used pesticides in my yard, so maybe I'll try the pulling the leaves technique, although there are a TON of leaves. Has this method worked for anyone else? I was thinking of trying to make a biodynamic solution out of the rotted plant, so I may try that in conjunction with something else. I think my neighbor is ready for the pesticides... This is a different plant than the much milder bindweed. If you are in a place without frost, be very careful about growing this weed. I will try to post some pictures soon, was going to do a whole blog post about it because this is one weed I don't want anywhere near my compost. OK, I'm calming down... now... Here is a link that might be useful: The Lazy Composter...See Morewild roses
Comments (5)Thanks for the posts Nd info. It doesn't look like the Carolina rose. If memory serves it had more of a traditional rose shape and the Color was more pink red . Lelamsk, I have not had good luck with cuttings nd that is why I want to dig up the whole plants w roots. My mother recently died and I tried to root cuttings of her stunning roses and they were dismal failures. I also tried a cutting of these roses that I'm after with same results. However if I can successfully transplant one of them I would be most happy to share cutting with to any who wanted some. I am hoping to get back down there this week Nd I will take lots of pictures and hopefully bring back a starter plant. Any suggestions for success if I do? Should I start it in a container with compost and rose fertilizer? It is is obviously a full sun plant but should i.put it in shade to start with? Thank ya'll for sharing your expertise. I am a,novice Gardner but seem to be having quite a green thumb since I started. Except for cuttings:)...See MoreKilling off wild Morning Glories
Comments (13)purpleinopp - Thank you for your time and comments. I have a somewhat different perspective that I would like to share regarding the following thoughts that you expressed. "People don't dig a 2-ft hole and then change their mind and fall back in love with their "weed." I would submit for due consideration that they might if the reason(s) they are / were removing it in the 1st place were based at least partly by a fear of the 'unknown' and so I believe that partially 'unknown' aspect to be relevant and therefore on topic. Observing how the plant was growing in the pasture may have indicated that it was not overly aggressive in growth , but in a garden setting (without any competition from other plants for space, sunlight and nutrients) wild strains may exhibit enhanced growth as compared to how they grow under 'wild' conditions. The way in which this particular vine was growing i.e., very fast and possibly spreading underground by showing up on the distal side of a sidewalk ( the depth and width of which the readers do not yet know) , was inspiring fear in the mind of the gardener due to a certain unfamiliarity in which Ipomoea pandurata usually grows. My personal experience is that I have communicated with others (in the past) who had similar fears regarding Ipomoea pandurata and wanted to remove it ( because they thought it was spreading by underground rhizomes like Calystegia sepium) and after some consideration ultimately decided to allow the plant to remain. The sidewalk may be very shallow (and / or not very wide) , in which case a runner could have traveled under it and come up on the distal side (mimicking Calystegia rhizomes) and this could understandably spark a type of 'panic' because of the reputation of the Calystegia type of bindweeds. The fact that the multiple stems arise from a single large root (which is most definitely designed to withstand hard times and is very difficult to dig out) certainly added to a type of 'bindweed panic'. The additional information provided could have caused a re-consideration of the nature of the plant , allayed any severe fears and the gardener may therefore choose to retain the plant or continue with removal processes however they see most befitting ala their (updated ) perspective. These threads come up on Google and other search engines and (of course I can only speak for myself) but the responses I supply are intended not just for the fleeting moment , but so that others researching the topic may benefit from whatever is shared at some point in the future. Thanks to everyone for sharing their questions , suggestions and experience. regards, Ron...See Morenoseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
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