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Category: Weeds, Weeds, Weeds | Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:41 am

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I am so frustrated and am hoping someone can help me identify my particular weed and how to get rid of them. I have the same problem EVERY year. The weed is a twining plant that winds itself up all of my flowers in the backyard. I pull them all out in the spring and they come back SO fast! Eventually it produces little whitish pink flowers on the vines - usually after I have given up and not pulled them out in the 100 degree weather in Oklahoma. Any thoughts?


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toni wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:41 am:

Hi,
How about taking a photo of the weed and posting it in the Plant ID forum instead of your blog.

More people will see it and having a photo is the only way to get an accurate ID.

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daisybeans wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:23 am:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wildeherb.com/images/virgin-bower-leaf.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wildeherb.com/2008/09/12/virgins-bower-vines-along-the-country-roadsides-in-pennsylvania/&usg=__7R_d112eSoeT3BEVpKa-0zj48dU=&h=400&w=313&sz=40&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=O6UCfni8EUlRLM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvirgin%2527s%2Bbower%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/clvi3467.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/clvi.html&usg=__P1RiL_1Zf4NDx1FPzsIQc8kr4T0=&h=467&w=350&sz=50&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=EZXvLCmtbqS4sM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvirgin%2527s%2Bbower%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Is this what you have? If so... good luck to you! Clematis virginiana, Virgin's Bower, wild clematis. Very aggressive, invasive. Fragrant flowers in August.

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daisybeans wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:25 am:

Oh darn. The links don't copy into the blog comment...

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Canadian Chelsea wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:15 pm:

From your description, it could be Field Bindweed.

The only way I know how to get rid of it is by never letting it seed and consistantly pulling the plant out.

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wflowers wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:21 pm:

Thank you all so much for the quick responses. It definitely looks like Field Bindweed. I am afraid that it has definitely formed a pretty permanent home in my back garden. I have found some information on the internet and will attempt to find out ways to try and eradicate it. Pulling it out obviously doesn't work - it's back before you even blink. Canadian Chelsea (I am a transplanted Canadian living in Oklahoma...) how do I keep it from seeding?

Again, thanks all for your help - at least I know what I am dealing with now!

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Canadian Chelsea wrote on Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:48 pm:

Keep pulling it up before the flowers go to seed. Back-breaking job but it is the only way to get rid of it other than putting a tarp or barrier down to smother it.

Hey, you are a Canadian! What province?
What made you decide to move to Oklahoma? Too cold up here for you?

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