Sue neighbor for highly invasive plants?

[Anonymous]

Our neighbor has Italian arum in her yard right along the property line. She's also got ivy growing evrywhere along the property line. The italian arum is basically the devil's plant. It spreads EVERY WHERE in our damn yard. I am finding arum sprouting up evrywhere across our yard, some many yards away from where her main arum plants are. They a a monster to deal with
Because they have very difficult to dig out tubers a d if you break any parts off they spread even more. Herbicide does not work on them. They are invading our gardens we spent a lot of money on planting 100% DMV native plants in.. it is truly annoying how invasive her plants are in our yard. Can she be sued for damages to our property? Or sued to remove her highly invasive, non-native, noxious species of plants that are ruining our yard and choking out native perennials? Ughhhhhh, I just cannot take this damn arum plant anymore. It is remarkable how much it spreads and persists.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried talking to her first, without jumping to a lawsuit?

[Anonymous]

I don't think you can sue anyone for what they grow on their property. If it invades to your side of the property line, you are free to remove it on your side.

But just because it's "invasive" doesn't mean they're responsible for what's on your side. What's on her side, is her choice.

Who the hell can I sue over all my crabgrass??

[Anonymous]

No, you can't.

[Anonymous]

Only if you want to waste a lot of her money and ALL your neighbors to hate you.

[Anonymous]

Birds eat the seeds and spread it too. She may not have planted it. She may not know it's there. Your plants may not be from hers.

[Anonymous]

Tell me about it. My neighbor has a forest of bamboo...

[Anonymous]

Ivy is invasive? I love ivy. People actually grow it indoors for its beauty.

[Anonymous]

NP
A previous tenant planted milkweed, wisteria, morning glory and sorghum in our small yard. I appreciate their intention, but we’re in a condo and I’m constantly hacking it back, as are our fence mates. The milkweed is especially difficult. The space is too small for it. We do have other native pollinator plantings too. Sometimes invasives come from elsewhere.

I’d not relish Italian arum either, but it’s your lot. I don’t think you can sue. But you can bag it carefully so no one else has to deal/spread around the neighborhood more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Birds eat the seeds and spread it too. She may not have planted it. She may not know it's there. Your plants may not be from hers.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivy is invasive? I love ivy. People actually grow it indoors for its beauty.

Ivy ks extremely invasive and kills thousands of native trees. Horrible plant..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you can sue anyone for what they grow on their property. If it invades to your side of the property line, you are free to remove it on your side.

But just because it's "invasive" doesn't mean they're responsible for what's on your side. What's on her side, is her choice.

Who the hell can I sue over all my crabgrass??

You can get rid of crabgrass. Try dealing with Italian arum. It is 100000x worse. You can't get rid of it. The neighbors plant destroys your property.

[Anonymous]

My dad had this problem with bamboo from the neighbors. He chopped all of it down and killed it that was on his side of the property. It has never come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about it. My neighbor has a forest of bamboo...

I might be your neighbor. I’m not the one that planted it — I don’t want it either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor has Italian arum in her yard right along the property line. She's also got ivy growing evrywhere along the property line. The italian arum is basically the devil's plant. It spreads EVERY WHERE in our damn yard. I am finding arum sprouting up evrywhere across our yard, some many yards away from where her main arum plants are. They a a monster to deal with
Because they have very difficult to dig out tubers a d if you break any parts off they spread even more. Herbicide does not work on them. They are invading our gardens we spent a lot of money on planting 100% DMV native plants in.. it is truly annoying how invasive her plants are in our yard. Can she be sued for damages to our property? Or sued to remove her highly invasive, non-native, noxious species of plants that are ruining our yard and choking out native perennials? Ughhhhhh, I just cannot take this damn arum plant anymore. It is remarkable how much it spreads and persists.

Good luck with that.