Bob,
Thank you for the link for the Purple Wintercreeper. I have been trying to figure out what that was in my garden. When we bought our historic home here in Culpeper, VA (zone 7a) 8 years ago, I found this mixed in with all of the English ivy. Purple Wintercreeper is a nice looking plant until you try to get rid of it.
I want to get rid of English ivy and Purple Wintercreeper in a shade garden that we have on the side of the house. I've always dreamt of having a beautiful shade garden full of ferns, hostas and some flowering shade plants. The space is not huge, but it is not small either and it feels like if I try to do just parts of the space at a time, the ground covers just grow so fast that by the time I can do the next section, the first section is already being overgrown again. Any ideas?
