jmorth said: ...
Finally there is English Ivy, where bounded it makes a nice (not to be mowed) area. At some point in the past I must have moved some to the garden out back and it continually jumps the 6' privacy fence into the neighbor's property.
I don't know how I forgot to mention the ivy, but I totally agree with this. My neighbor had this taking over their house practically. The ivy was ready to consume my house as well. The south side of my house, outside the dining room window would have been nice for a flower bed. But after battling the iris that grew between our yards, I thought the little bit of ivy would be a piece of cake. NOT! The iris would pop up every few years and the darn ivy consumed more and more of my front yard where I had things growing for myself. Not gonna happen with that ivy around as greedy for space as it is.
Ivy is also a spider factory. They love making webs in ivy. If there is the tiniest opening or crack in the window or door frames, the spiders become your next of kin.
