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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half my garden beds were overgrown with liriope (which is the 2nd worst invasive, only after chameleon plant to get rid of, IMHO).

My experience is that you have to really DIG it up, I'm talking methodically taking out strips, digging at least 6-8" down.  And even then, you'll still have shoots from any of the roots you leave in. I have not had much luck with covering it--except perhaps to make subsequent digging easier--though I have not been patient enough to wait for years so perhaps it would sloooow-ly eventually die.[/quote]

PP, if you got rid of chameleon plant, please share your secret.  I've been battling it for years.[/quote]

DP. I'm slowly winning the battle. I dug up where I could and where I couldn't, I painted herbicide on the leaves. Yes, painted. It twined its way in my peonies, milkweed and other plants that don't like their roots disturbed.  Painting the herbicide onto the leaves allowed me to target it.

I'm still battling it and have had just a few pop up so far this spring. I'm amazed at how far it's runners can go. It's as horrible as its smell.[/quote]

Yes.  Impossible to kill chameleon plant without chemicals.  I’ve tried digging and sifting the soil and it did not work.[/quote]

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