We bought a large duplex a few years ago, and it’s needed a lot of work. Last summer, we finally got rid of the Rose of Sharon in the backyard.
I’ve been pulling tiny seedlings out of the grass ever since. Over the weekend, I was pulling a bunch of invasive weeds, including rose of Sharon babies. I must have pulled out 200 RoS seedlings! This is the fistful I pulled just this afternoon in a few minutes my dog was outside. We have a tiny city lot, by the way.
I’m not looking for advice, unless someone’s got a great strategy for these guys, but just wanted to share about what I’m going through with folks who would understand!
by Swimming-Ad-2382
17 Comments
Gosh I can relate. We moved into a house where pokeweed had been allowed to run rampant for only like, a year? And I was still pulling up pokeweed seedlings 4 years later. Fortunately it was less every year but it’s so discouraging at the beginning. 🙁
I mean they just found it in the last episode r/gundam
https://preview.redd.it/nlvif37i9z5f1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0749a5af12c1c6ff27997e41f5f825faa0af16e7
I wish the Rose of Sharon was in my yard so I could remove it! Unfortunately it’s my neighbors but I still pull so many of these every year.
Some of you have never pulled morning glory seedlings and it shows. Keep fighting the good fight.
Ohhhhh, just wait until Canada thistle invades your yard.
You will wonder where you went wrong in life.
My next door neighbor grew a rose of sharon HEDGE next to my garden. I basically only pull up those that make it past the seedling stage anymore because it’s a losing battle. It’s not even the worst invasive from their property, either.
I had a few large Rose of Sharon that a former owner planted, and I would spend HOURS pulling those damn seedlings. Finally had them removed this spring and replaced with native shrubs and perennials – best decision ever!
Not only is rose of Sharon invasive but I also think it’s just ugly as hell.
My backyard had two pretty sizeable trees. It took us two years to realize what they were capable of and about another two years to completely kill them.
I just want you to know you are not alone. 😂
I have 2 trees from the previous owners at my house. I haven’t seen the little baby ones though. I have Lily of the valley popping up everywhere that I’d love to get rid of.
So this is your first year? lol.
Never
Currently me with garlic mustard 😩
If your neighbor has them then never.
10” of mulch, two years in a row following removal of all evidence of living plants.
Ask me how I know.
We’ve been working with an arborist who does invasive remediation for about a year after having heavy machinery in to rip up everything it could. The Rose of Sharon seedlings though … agh. They just wouldn’t stop. Until we got a big chip drop and used most of it to regrade that area. Now … finally … we are (temporarily) free from Rose Sharon.
I thought we had one of the sterile varieties on our property line (not sure if it’s ours or the neighbors). Now that I put a native bed in I can confirm – not sterile. I just never noticed the babies in the lawn.