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Worst Weeds in Landscape Plantings
Hedge and Field Bindweeds
Calystegia sepium and Convolvulus arvensis
For as maddening as the other weeds featured here are, be joyous if your property is free of field,
at right in photo at right, and hedge bindweeds, at left in photo at
right!
Both of these fast-growing, perennial vines are extremely well-adapted for long term survival and are therefore very difficult to completely eliminate from landscape plantings once they're well-established.
Because of their extraordinary vigor, you can’t control either bindweed by pulling them from the ground. In fact, pulling up these vines will trigger new shoots to start growing from buds along their roots, resulting in more new plants!
For more detailed information on these "worst of the worst" landscape weeds, read my response to a past question of the week by clicking here.