How to kill a creeping vine?

I have a green vine with heart shaped leaves that is taking over the bushes in front of my house, how can I get rid of it?



This vine is kind of pretty %26amp; had a pepper-ish smell. BUT it keeps growing, no matter how many times I pull it off of the wall, the balcony railings or out of my other plants. I even caught it wrapping tendrils around my houseplants. I've tried pulling it up by the roots, but it is still coming back.



Someone help me!

How to kill a creeping vine?
If you use round up or other herbicide, it will kill your bushes as well. Find the root system for the vine and pull it. Make sure you dig with a shovel and pull it all out. Be dilligent about inspecting that area and look for new growth. Dig for roots everytime you see new growth.



Best of luck.
Reply:Roundup, judiciously applied to areas that the vine is not around other plants. Don't be afraid to use tarps to protect desirable plants. will take several tries, but will work.



Pouring a gallon of roundup on anything is overkill. I'd use a small spray bottle, dilute the roundup as per instructions, and carefully spray, using tarps to protect desirable plants, repeat weekly until vine is gone.



Roundup is absorbed thru leaves and goes to roots. Obviously the closer the leaves are to the roots, the better, but Roundup is effective from longe-range leaves too. Your key---protecting desirable plants.



Total kill is probably pretty much the same thing



geez, hello again Misty! We gotta stop meeting like this---;)
Reply:Misty is right. I cut down a small bush and did not want it to grow back. I poured a gallon of Roundup on it and I haven't seen it since.
Reply:There is a chemical at the garden stores called "total kill". Most of the time it is used on poison ivy or areas that do not have much greenier around them, but there is a problem weed. It kills everything green or living plants around it so be careful of other plants or grass that surround it. Cut the stem at ground level and pore some down it's stem. Might have to repeat but a good dose down the stem or on the roots which ever is easier should do the trick.
Reply:dig to where the roots and just cut off either the tpis of the roots,or half of them

you can also trim the vines to the base and put some lattuse around it so it wont get to the walls
Reply:Sounds like bindweed. Like the previous posters suggested, use round-up (read instructions carefully). Combine that with pulling it consistently, and NEVER let it flower and go to seed.

(If it's bindweed it will have little white flowers eventually sometimes tinged pink.)
Reply:Roundup is the best cure for vines. They also make a special ivy killer. It is what is used to kill poison ivy and poison oak. I've found that it doesnt do as good as roundup though. If you have other plants that you want to save near the roots of this plant then you will want to try the ivy killer. Make sure that no matter what you use, go for the roots. Good luck!
Reply:I just read (in a magazine from the Azalea Society) about a great technique for killing vines without hurting the surrounding plants. Get some of the vials that florists use to keep flower stems in water while they are in wreaths and other arrangements. Fill the vial with a liquid herbicide, like Roundup, clip the vine to a length that will allow it to reach ground level, and insert the cut end of the vine into the vial. Then poke the vial (with vine in) into the ground. The vine will absorb the herbicide, transport it through its system, and die. I haven't tried this yet, but it sure seems like it would work.