Kudzu

[Jim Baird]

At night while you're sleepin' ole Kudzu comes-a-creepin'.  

Very wet summer found this house being invaded.

[Les]

wouldn't want to snooze on that swing!

 

[hausdok]

I spent a couple of years in the Army as a Squad Leader with the Regimental Aggressor Platoon for the MP School. Many, many hours out at the ranges battling NCO or Officer advanced classes and kudzu. I'm not sure what was worse. I used to drive around base, or the Alabama countryside and it was everywhere. It would cover utility poles, bridges, buildings - whatever was in its path. Hated that stuff!

[Bill Kibbel]

I used to think it was only in the South.  It appears occasionally in the mid-Atlantic.  I wonder if it's worse than the bamboo problem?

[hausdok]

It is an invasive species from Japan. It started in the south and it's spreading like crazy, west, north, and east. It will overgrow entire fields and conceal homes and barns. It's worse than bamboo.

[Jerry Simon]

Can't be worse than buckthorn.

[Jim Baird]

On 8/19/2023 at 9:27 AM, Jerry Simon said:

Can't be worse than buckthorn.

Do you mean Eleagnus, or Autumn Olive?

The same house had that and English ivy.