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Keep an eye out for these climbing vines and ever-broadening shrubs.
Because of its aggressive spread, it is considered a nuisance planting across the region.
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While it’s appreciated for its ability to cover ground quickly, this vine also climbs.
Ivy spreads and climbs vigorously, and it’s notorious for killing trees along the way.
If you catch it climbing a tree in your yard, act quickly, or you’ll despair later.
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Japanese Honeysuckle
(Lonicera japonica)
We know, we know: We love it too.
There’s nothing like the sweet smell of honeysuckle in summertime.
But it will smother your yard.
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It’s widely known as “the vine that ate the South,” and for good reason.
Keep it out of your yard at all costs.
Oriental Bittersweet
(Celastrus orbiculatus)
Bittersweet spreads quickly.
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All it takes is one wayward seed to jumpstart a lawn overtaken by this hardy vine.
[…] Entire woods and gardens are smothered."
It’s invasive growth of nightmare proportions, which is why we’ll pass on this particular plant.
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You don’t want pests in your yard, do you?
This woody vine can grow to a large scale rather quickly, handily making its way across supporting surfaces.
However, some, such as Chinese trumpet creeper(C. grandiflora),are less vigorous than others.
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Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
This native vine is hardy.
Also beware Boston ivy(P. tricuspidata), which is similarly hardy and aggressive.
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