Early spring 2009 we battled this invasive pest and ripped everything out we could get our hands on.  We estimated it ate up about 1/5 of our backyard.  Man, you really should check out the first phase of eliminating this massive beast.

The last challenge was the entire vine that was attached to the side of the house.  It has been a little over a year now, and it has completed shriveled up.  It was just a matter of pulling it away from the house.  Oddly enough, this wire vine engulfed a white cable which was not in use anymore.  It made the perfect rope to pull it down.

After tugging on it a couple times to get a gauge how tight is was attached, I slowly tore it away from the side of the house.

Besides just being unsightly, it was hosting a ton of spiders that were getting into the house…and we are pretty sure there was a small vermin living in there too.

As it separated away from the house, you could hear loud popping noises as it broke away.  There was a brief moment where I thought it may actually tear the side of the house down, but…

…this invasive vine finally fell down and went boom.  Quick note between Muehlenbeckia complexa vs. M. axillaris…M. complexa grows more vertically and axillaris creeps along the ground.  But they are both pretty nasty in San Francisco.

– Far Out Flora