It grows into vines a few feet long, not very tangly, that run along the ground and don’t seem to climb. It seems to grow in large numbers of smaller vines that don’t seem to be connected in the roots.
Its completely blanketing my garden, choking out even other weeds, trying to expand into my lawn, and growing almost as fast as I weed it.
I’m wondering what it is, and/or if there are any particularly good ways of dealing with it. I’ve been tilling the ground, flipping over the soil (down to roughly a foot) and putting a layer of mulch over it, but Im still having stuff grow back.
Edit: solved: its periwinkle.
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I know it as Periwinkle, it has purple flowers occasionally and is good as a ground cover. I plant it intentionally in shady places that tend to get weeds. I haven’t had any problems with it spreading into my yard.
Yeah, its not terrible looking, but even ignoring the fact that its spreading into the lawn, I am hoping to plant more productive plants, and the ground-cover is so thick its hard to cut through to get to the ground, nonetheless letting my plants grow through it.
It also doesn’t help that I now know its considered an invasive species in my region (along with 99% of the other stuff that was in the garden when I moved in) so probably a good idea to get rid of it for that reason too.
Periwinkle, if it’s giving you issues it’s probably Vinca major. There’s a much nicer version, Vinca minor, and some selections of that with prettier flowers. Ultimately it’s a groundcover plant and very good at what it does.
I have a plant identifier app that says it’s periwinkle.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.observation.obsidentify
This is pretty damn good for this kinda thing
It is tenacious but if you use good old fashioned weeding for a few years ago you can suppress it fairly well.
