What plant is this?Its roots are evil all over my yard.How can I get rid of it?

A. It's Ampelopsis Arborea, commonly known as pepper vine.It is a tenacious perennial weed with strong taproot.It is about to bloom.It produces hundreds of berries, the birds eat them, they drop their seeds, and it keeps spreading.It can take root where it touches the ground, from seeds.Pull it from the root, when you can see where it's coming from.Spot Sprays of Roundup can help. It will take more than a season or even consider eradicating it.

Q: I'm thinking about trying to grow a newer, smaller vine.I'm replacing nectarines and pluot(tired of fighting the brown rot) that I've been planting on the scaffolding for years, and think it or "black leaf "crape Myrtles one might be fun, and give me a summer flowering plant.Any ideas or Suggestions?A few years ago, I built a trellis as a replacement for the fence in my front yard, as a privacy from the street.I plan to rebuild it this summer and build it from cedar pillars I cut from my cabin property, using limbs as a horizontal scaffolding structure.

A Many plants can espalier, and Vitex is no exception, however, it does tend to have A lot of suckers, which will make your job more interesting.Blackleaf vines are beautiful, but they are small and slow growing.How about a tapered hydrangea?There are some amazing new varieties that are quite hardy and harmless from winter.I think pomegranates will be interesting, too.

Q: Can you tell me what kind of plant it is and what causes the leaves to become like this?How should I treat it?

A: This plant is red-tip photosynthesis. The problem is insect spore leaf spot.The disease has been plaguing the hedgerow for many years.Finally, it can kill plants or make them so ugly that you'll want to pull them up.There are some sprays that can help, but it takes an annual spray plan and I don't think it's worth the effort.I'll replace them with something stronger.

Q: Please help me to identify the grass/fence in this picture, which appears in my flower bed with the rain this week.Each tuft of grass has short, thin leaves at its center.Since one product or method does not necessarily kill both grass species, what are the clues to distinguish bad grass from loach?

A: The weed in question is the nutgrass, commonly known as the nutgrass.A good way to tell the difference between sedge and grass is the leaves.Rub your finger along where the stem goes into the soil and you'll see that the sedge is triangular in shape and the grass is round or flat.If you cut the stem, the leaves of grass are hollow, while those of sedges are solid.If you look at the picture you sent me, the leaves of the mudgrass will also appear in a triangular shape.If you draw a line connecting the top of the last three leaves, you will have a triangle.Nutgrass is a perennial weed with small nuts or bulbous structures under the ground.They are hard to kill.If you can pull up new weeds -- roots and all -- it will be easier to root them out than later.But we do have plenty of weeds now.

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