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[quote=Anonymous]Your 3 existing ground covers are the kind that grow robustly (indeed English ivy snd vinca are considered invasive and pachysandra is aggressive IMO). They are probably pretty thick and crowded by now; this could be enabling the honeysuckle to grow so much. On my end, I had some dense pachysandra and other plants and it made it easier for blind weed to take hold— because its roots are lurking amid the crowded grouncovers (and thus hard to spot) etc.
Grass is indeed a lot of work to use as a replacement esp if you’ve got trees and shady areas. I think your options are :
1. Keep the status quo and keep weed whacking. Not ideal because it doesn’t get rid of the vine.
2. Rip out the entire area with groundcovers and replace with grass—as mentioned, a lot of work and not guaranteed to succeed. 
3. Rip out the entire ground covered area and replace it with a different ground cover…something less aggressive etc.; and in the process, identify where the roots of the vines are and try to remove it all. This option would be good if you didn’t mind the expense or long wait until the new ground cover grows in.
4. Thin out some of the existing ground cover by pulling up by the roots instead of cutting the top growth off with a string trimmer.  This would allow you to still have something covering the slope and you could probably keep an eye on the vine better so you can pull it up. You could do a little bit at a time. Pachysandra comes up by the roots very easily ime[/quote]

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