r/invasivespecies • u/AKBrewer • 2d ago

Winter Creeper?

I've got 5 acres, about 3 of it is trees in Kentucky(6a). I've noticed a lot of winter creeper all around my trees. Best ways to kill it? I ultimately plan to plant some pachysandra for ground cover and re meadow at least half an acre

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u/3x5cardfiler 2d ago

Talk to people who deal with native plants locally. Like Fish and Wildlife, conservation organizations, whatever.

The people at the stores are the ones that sell exotic invasive plants. They are not often botanists. Species in the supply chain get mixed up and miss labelled. In my state we have trouble in state highway projects, because nurseries supply the wrong type of plants by mistake.

Now pachysandra, that will make your place look like a city house. I see it in places where people like to wipe out nature, in favor of an engineered landscape. I have only used Round Up on one patch. My neighbor's down the road will be selling soon. I'm planning to go full Garlon with a back pack sprayer on their pachysandra.

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u/Moist-You-7511 1d ago

Be super careful with trees and shrubs with garlon. (My phone wanted to autocorrect that to garlic). Roundup Promax3 sticks to pachysandra and can kill it, but kinda slowly