Pretty heart shaped leaves in beautiful pinks and greens will make a beautiful ground cover, the perfect plant for that special place in my yard that seems to be a problem area with rocks and clay.
I have made so many mistakes over the years of gardening, and this was a big one. I have been trying for three years to destroy this very invasive plant, which really smells awful, too! I've tried digging up the roots, smothering it with plastic, and using those toxic chemicals without diluting vinegar and bleach. It still shows its ugly head. Worse yet, I am still finding this horrible plant at the big box stores and upscale greenhouses/nurseries. Please, fellow gardeners, don't plant invasive plants. Also, be very careful with pretty vines in your garden planters, such as creeping jenny. If a piece falls to the ground, before you know it, you have an invasive plant. Check your state's invasive plant list. Invasive non-native plants consume wildlife habitat and compete with crops. I am fighting winter-creeper, also, and I just last week found it for sale at one of my favorite greenhouses. :-(
I am planting more and more native plants for the pollinators, and my newest adventure is raising Monarchs and Swallowtail butterflies!
I am planting more and more native plants for the pollinators, and my newest adventure is raising Monarchs and Swallowtail butterflies!
