This will give you an idea of what I'm dealing with here. You can only see the top of Ginger, a rose that's a little over two feet tall. It's already struggling for light and moisture and suffering. If I don't clear that stuff away from it, all of the lower branches are likely to die back, and possibly the whole rose bush if the ground below that stuff stays too dry. A mini-rose could get completely lost in there. Furthermore, this is only the start of the season. The Arum started coming up just last week. A month from now, it'll be taller and much more dense.
