# Query for GardenDopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-for-gardendopers/245279>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-for-gardendopers/245279 "2004-05-15T15:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-for-gardendopers/245279/1 "2004-05-15T15:20:18Z")

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For the past few years, my flowerbeds have been beset with a nasty intruder. It starts out as a carpet of tiny green shoots, and rapidly grows into long, viny tendrils sporting arrow-shaped leaves. The shoots grow short spines which make them a bugger to tear out without gloves. If I don’t stay after it, the plant will cover anything in the beds, including azaleas and other ornamentals.

Short of treating my flowerbeds as Sherman did Georgia, how can I get rid of this green evil?