Is this the "mile a minute" thingywotsit?

As per the title ...



... if not, any ideas what it might be?

Thank you

 

Honey suckle???

 

only seen if for 6 weeks
Mind you, neighbour did say it doesn't flower and doesn't fruit

 

everything flowers at some point
Even the mile a minute thingy wotsit.

 

True enough - maybe my neighbour blinked and missed that part

 

If its mile a minute thingy whatsit, which by the way is the correct botanical name although some people mistakenly call it russian vine, it will produce masses of frothy white clusters of flowers from around midsummer til late summer, and will also decorate any trees within range. Its a long time since I last saw some up close in the flesh, but my first thought when I looked at the pic is that no it isn't, but I can't put my finger on why I thought that because I can't remember exactly what the leaves of mile a minute thingy whatsit look like.

 

its mile a minute I have one on the back fence and I keep it well trimmed and it looks great and does the job of hiding the nosey !!! across the River looking in until the hedge at the back is high enough which should be next year then I will take out, and train the wisteria in which has been developing nicely the past 3 years

Spruce

 

Aha! That would explain its position then: borders the neighbours fence on the patio

 

Deffo Mile-A-Minute.

www.getrid.com

 

Persicaria Perfoliata, Russian vine, mile-a-minute and other names as well! Sorry "M", it does look like it. I don't think it's Honeysuckle the leaves aren't the right shape. You'll be cutting it back every week during the summer, hence it's name.

 

This one is in a pot ... a split pot ... and when I tried to move the pot, it became clear its root has pushed out and into the earth below

Any one with any experience on the best way to put it to sleep (eternally)

 

Cut it back to a few feet tall "M" and put a drawer string bin liner over it. Spray it heavily with glyphosate in the bag, pull the strings shut and leave it for a couple of weeks to sweat. I did this with an Elder sapling that I couldn't get to - to dig out, worked a treat. Don't remove it until you're sure it's dead, if it's not re-spray.

 

Although its flowers are very attractive to hoverflies, bees etc that's where its positives stop for me. There is one at the bottom of our garden in the hawthorn hedge that was planted by the previous tenants, it was in danger of taking over the neighbourhood, killing the hedge in the process but along with my neighbour at the bottom we keep cutting stems back when we can get to them, its under control but not as much as would like, its a nightmare!

 

@Sheal - thank you, will do Would now be a good time to start, or should I wait until Spring, do you think?

 

well I am jumping in Sheal wont mind , as the plant is dying back for winter , so a good chop and spray now it will absorb more of the glyphosate try and expose some of the bark on the stems , but saying all that my cousin had one growing over her garage which she loved and she gave it a good hard prune back to 1 meter and the whole thing died .