Is not gold. As a gardener, I spend many hours enjoying the company of plants. They are a bit of an obsession and, no matter where I am, I'm always checking them out. I am fascinated how varied and tough they can be. Often, it's all about survival and propagation of the species. And when it comes to tough, pernicious plants, this one is right up there with kudzu. I have no idea what it is, but believe they call it "lidia" here and if you look closely, it's everywhere.
It is a parasite that attaches itself to trees and gradually completely covers its host.
The seeds can stick to anything, steel, concrete, birds, you name it and so it spreads. There appears to be no way to stop it. And now it's on trees all around me like this big one that overhands my garden, which is already covered with air plants.
And just like the leaf-cutting ants here, there ain't no stopping it.
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We battle with Bittersweet here in Ct. It tries to grow everywhere and grows aggressively covering a tree in a few years. We are constantly in the woods surrounding our property cutting the vines and spreading Roundup on the open cut. It helps but looking around the countryside I fear it is a loosing battle
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