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for some reason the photos would not go with the text......

Sounds likes nightmare to deal with. Yes, I believe solarizing entire bed might eventually work.

couple old links .. ken

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/getting-rid-of-houttuynia-cordata-chameleon-dsvw-vd~1675846

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/die-houttuynia-die-dsvw-vd~1607453

and in general

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=houttuynia+chameleon+plant+garden+web+houzz&t=ffcm&ia=web

I had planted the "chameleon" variety which isn't quite as invasive, but I've been trying to rid my garden of it for ten years by hand pulling and am down to just pulling about a dozen every other week . Maybe if I don't miss any in another of couple of years they will be gone. Sympathies and good luck.

Here’s a link, probably won’t help much though

https://www.southernliving.com/garden/grumpy-gardener/the-worst-plant-in-the-world

oh I agree 110% but unfortunately no answer as to what to do........

Mine is about 10 years also. You are getting further than I am. If you miss a week - when you get back to it, there are 700 more!! Surely there has to be something. Does anyone know a garden place where we can try some serious poison?? I put this question out to the Master Gardeners from across Ohio and none had any advice.

It is such a pretty plant, I wanted to dig some up from my Mom's garden and plant it in mine. Luckily I looked it up first! Good luck getting rid of it.

It's a nightmare that I planted in my garden. It has taken years of hard work to pull out every leaf, runner, stem, etc. I don't understand why it isn't sold with a warning about how invasive it is and how it completely takes over a yard.

It never goes away. I've moved to Roundup - which I have never used. I keep spraying, pulling and digging. You have to be relentless. Yours is so bad, I would probably dig out any plants of value and nuke the whole thing w/ herbicide. :(

I agree ademink!!

2-4D is supposed to be the weapon of choice. I'm going to get some. lol

I too am going to try 2-4D - if I can find it!!

Suggested place is a tractor supply place, from what I read.

Wonder if some of the products that control creeping charlie would work. There used to be a product with dicamba in it that did the trick, just can't remember the name, but you had to be very careful with it.

Bishop's weed! I don't speak dead languages.

I have tried to get rid of this plant for years and they will never go away. Though they don't spread to sunny area so it is not as bad as some other like pennywort and mugwort.

Shadow, I've accidentally killed Bishops weed with Roundup, now, it may come back from the roots, but, I actually hope it does, I had poison Ivy growing where I had a oak that is doing horribly in my yard, most of my oaks are doing great, but, I used Roundup to kill everything in that spot. I think there is something wrong in that spot, maybe there was a Black Walnut there in the past or something because I had a Sycamore die there too, but, I do want the Bishops weed, so I can dig some up to put under the Sycamore that I will be planting elsewhere in my yard, I just think that Aegopodium the variegated type would look so good under a Sycamore. And I kinda think it will take a semi-invasive plant to live among a Sycamores roots.

BTW, I tried Houttuynia years ago, the orange and green kind, but, it died on me, I had always thought it was a tender plant. Granted I never looked it up, though.

It took me 16 plus years to kill Bishops Weed and Lamium yellow archangel. Both were growing in the same beds. At one point I did remove many plants that I wanted to keep, blasted the bed with Roundup, then a few days later covered it with black plastic. The Lamium would show up every few years for awhile. Now it is gone! Now I am dealing with this nightmare, have no idea what it is. Good luck!!

Tansy?

Steve, found out what it is: Argentina anserina is a synonym of Potentilla anserina L., the accepted name[1] of a perennial flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is known by the common names "silverweed", common silverweed or silver cinquefoil. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river shores and in grassy habitats such as meadows and road-sides.

Deb, how did it take you 16 plus years to kill Bishops weed and Lamium? I am kinda hoping that Bishops weed isn't too hard to kill actually, I want to keep some alive, but, I wanted to kill the Poison Ivy and a Chinkapin oak that was not doing very good anyway.

Those underground runners run deep. Lol Bishop’s Weed was easier than the Lamium. It would disappear for a few years and then poke it’s head up again, always in the middle of plants I wanted to keep. For a few years I just pulled those up but that did not get rid of it forever. Finally I dug up those plants, pried the Lamium out of them, moved them to another bed short term, and sprayed the Lamium still in the bed. After a few days, covered the area with black plastic and let it sit for a week. That finally killed the beast.

Five kids, job, other interests....I was as gung ho as my schedule allowed. I blitzed this stuff with Roundup every year and it continued to grow. That’s why I finally removed the plants I wanted to save so I could destroy it. Not sure who you are not happy with, but good luck to you.

and Deb 215 what did you destroy it with?? I am going to try Kilzall tomorrow on a small spot and see what happens.

Roundup

Sorry Deb, I had a few drinks when I posted that above, that's why it was kinda a strange post. I got rid of it.