Help! What would you do?
Several months ago, I hosted an outdoor party and in preparation, pulled up all of my English Ivy. It’s a rental and they filled the heavy slope so they wouldn’t have to maintain it, but it was about 50/50 weeds that were choking out the English Ivy. It was one if the 4 identified vines that compete to take over the entire yard.
As a result, ALL OF THE THINGS that the vines were preventing from growing erupted with a vengeance this summer.
You can roast me, lesson learned.
I’m in zone 7A/7B— swampy, muggy, fertile. My landscape slopes. I’ve identified eastern poison ivy, Chinese yam, Asian bittersweet, ground cherries, tree of heaven, etc. there are a ton of orange lilies that pop up for the summer. They’re alright, but I genuinely dread yardwork because it seems impossible except for constantly weed pulling.
I’d like a natural ground cover that chokes out some of this, like the English ivy did. A gardener recommended crimson clover as a ground cover, but I’m fighting a losing battle.
Help!