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What is this plant? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/nostupidquestions
 

It grows into vines a few feet long, not very tangly, that run along the ground and don't seem to climb. It seems to grow in large numbers of smaller vines that don't seem to be connected in the roots.

Its completely blanketing my garden, choking out even other weeds, trying to expand into my lawn, and growing almost as fast as I weed it.

I'm wondering what it is, and/or if there are any particularly good ways of dealing with it. I've been tilling the ground, flipping over the soil (down to roughly a foot) and putting a layer of mulch over it, but Im still having stuff grow back.

Edit: solved: its periwinkle.

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[–] Bangs42 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Makes me miss /r/whatisthisthing.

Edit: I'm a complete dunce, I forgot [email protected] exists. I'm even subscribed.

[–] metallic_substance 3 points 2 months ago

Me too. It was one of my favorite subs before I cut out reddit

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know it as Periwinkle, it has purple flowers occasionally and is good as a ground cover. I plant it intentionally in shady places that tend to get weeds. I haven't had any problems with it spreading into my yard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, its not terrible looking, but even ignoring the fact that its spreading into the lawn, I am hoping to plant more productive plants, and the ground-cover is so thick its hard to cut through to get to the ground, nonetheless letting my plants grow through it.

It also doesn't help that I now know its considered an invasive species in my region (along with 99% of the other stuff that was in the garden when I moved in) so probably a good idea to get rid of it for that reason too.

[–] MrQuallzin 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Google image search gives me this guy, which sounds and looks right http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=1639

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The ones in my garden haven't produced any flowers (might have something to do with me trying to kill them) but it does look like it, esspecially this picture from Wikipedia.

I think its solved.

[–] Don_Dickle 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Side note so we can link an image and it will appear here than the site? So we can give lemmy.world more clicks? And hopefully give reddit a run for its money.

[–] JustZ 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and thanks Mr. Dickle.

[–] Don_Dickle 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So how can I put images I take from my desktop to here? I don't see a browse button.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On desktop, you can copy/paste images into the textbox.

[–] Don_Dickle 1 points 2 months ago

did not know this thank you very much...no sarcasm.

[–] JustZ 1 points 2 months ago

I mostly browse on Jerboa for Android. Clicking to insert an image brings up the usual mobile image selection interface and then uploads it to a lemmy host.

[–] feedum_sneedson 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Periwinkle, if it's giving you issues it's probably Vinca major. There's a much nicer version, Vinca minor, and some selections of that with prettier flowers. Ultimately it's a groundcover plant and very good at what it does.

[–] essell 4 points 2 months ago

It is green

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I have a plant identifier app that says it's periwinkle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Periwinkle, eh, my good man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It is tenacious but if you use good old fashioned weeding for a few years ago you can suppress it fairly well.