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[Content] On Apr 25, 2011, SerenDippity from Wylie, TX wrote: We refer to this as "The Devil Vine from Hell." It is a pretty ground cover and can be useful in confined beds�. you see it in commercial landscapes all the time. It gets ratty looking if not mowed down every two or three years because it just puts new growth on top of dead vines that start to show. The reason it morphs into devil vine at home is when it is planted too close to the house. It climbs the walls, thus cracking the mortar around the bricks, it climbs into window screens and into the house if it can. Last year when putting up the Christmas decorations we found it growing in our attic!! How crazy is that? It sends roots under the driveway that sprout up through the cracks making them larger. Removing it is a nightmare. The roots are as thick and tangled ... read morebelow ground as the vine is above. Leave an inch of root and before you know it it has sprouted up in 5 new places. Don't put it in the compost! I kept it in black garbage bags for a year with no water and opened it to find live roots. This is the vine that when civilization ends will return all buildings and roads back to nature. [Rating] 
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