It is so beautiful ! Her name in Germany is Clematis terniflora Robusta. I planted sweet autumn three years ago on a rose arch. Already in the first year it covered the rose arch. It is only leafy green until the beginning of October, but in October there is a flower explosion, it can be seen from adistance when everyone else is no longer flowering, an absolute eye-catcher. It is a popular nesting place for birds and very popular with bees. Her scent ist sweet and well like honey. But this year I wasn't paying attention, the tendrils grew over my Butterfly Bush to the terrace pergola and grew there still 4 m. It was nice to look at, but too much. I cut down very far every year before winter. But you have to tie the tendrils to the scaffolding, otherwise they hang down in the path. But then I do it like in the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty: cut the way. Greetings from Germany
The main thing you failed to mention is the fragrance of it!! It is so strong you smell it before you see it!!! The invasiveness of it comes from the fact that it freely reseeds itself. I have around 30 small plants around the place. 😊 Most of it gets mowed regularly. I do appreciate the information about cutting it down in winter, I will be doing it this year. I do love all the things about this beauty. I also am in zone 7a/b in NC.
@@HorticultureGeek BTW, I have had this growing in my chicken run for 4 years and no chicken has bothered it at all. I wanted to create shade over the run and it was added after the plant was very big and I also have some growing around the top of the dog run and my dogs have never bothered it either. So I think most animals are not going to eat any of it.
Gail Elwood I agree our dog has never bothered ours either. I just wanted to throw it out their since several of my viewers have goats or cows. Better safe than sorry.
It is nice to see how beautiful yours is. I live in zone 4 - 5. A greenhouse in our area grows this on a pillar. It was very attractive but not huge. After seeing yours I can't resist. I am going to try.
Yes in certain climates with mild winters it is a beast. Trumpet vine is like that in my area. I have found stump and vine killer by Bonide very effective.
I love the smell of these, 4 years ago when I planted one I didn't realize that they reseeded themselves and I have to be on the look out for new shoots which is sorta pain in the butt it keeps humble too I love that the scent from theses carry for several feet seems like.
I have this plant in Michigan and it blooms in late August early September. It is beautiful on a trellis. I also cut mine down to about foot for the winter. This summer I noticed a vine growing up a decorative post with a bird house on it and low and behold it started to bloom and it is another Sweet Autumn Plant. I get so many complements on it.
I think that this is Clematis flammula; i'm British and it seems that only the seed for this lovely Clematis is available in UK ! I recently saw Clematis flammula growing WILD in RONDA, ANDALUCIA; it was late June and even in baking hot full sun the plants i saw were in full flower and looking impervious to the heat ! They really are indigenous to Spain, as also is Clematis cirrhosa ( Winter flowering Clematis ). In the wild with no watering, the plants were much smaller, so i guess you do irrigate !? Thanks for a video about a rare plant ! J
I have volunteer Clematis flammula starting on a very steep flaky schist slope in scorching sun, no water, on a property I recently bought on the south coast of France. Still small for now but as I’ve had a hard time finding plants for those conditions, I’m going to let it do its thing and see how it does as a ground cover to retain the soil. Would love to know if anyone else has grown any of the virgin’s bowers this way?
I didn’t know what this was until yesterday (May 27,2022). I have lived here 14 and a half years gardening and losing the fight against what I thought was an invasive weed,beautiful but a beast. I have just started to forage in my gardens this spring -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I think 🤔 zone 6. Wow! I have a clematis just like yours. I’m just going to have to make peace with it somehow 🤷🏽♀️.It’s like a bear rug on the fence when (nothing) looks better. Mine flowers generously but yours looks like snow ❄️❄️❄️.I’ll feed mine and get the snow bank look 😄😆Thanks for the video and you answered a question I had (is it edible) that’s why I looked it up.
I love this plant . Am looking to cover a dead tree . I think it would be beautiful. I did this once in CA and it looked amazing. I am now however in Tx where the plants have to be Tx tough. Hoping this plant is tough enough to survive in San Antonio.
Thanks for sharing. Every video I've seen on this vine so far has gotten me more and more excited about getting mine. I live in zone 4 up in MT and pollinator plants here (in town) are hard to come by. I've been trying to promote more bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and really just more birds other than Magpies and Crows/Ravens in the neighborhood and been pretty successful. I'm putting mine about 12ft in front of a chain link fence on a 18ft wide by 8ft tall trellis wall I've built from 4X4s and lattice (Gonna get one or two more if all goes well) to make a nice sitting area and to block out road noise. How will these do on regular 4X8ft sheets of wood lattice? I've been hearing they need something thin like pencil sized to climb. Should I throw some wire up too?
Yes I would recommend some wire or something. The tendrils would have a hard time wrapping around lattice. I would also recommend regularly training vines up the lattice so that it fills in the space and direction you want and it doesn’t simply run on the ground.
@@HorticultureGeek Thanks! Already on it. Went out a couple days ago and threw up a bunch of horizontal lines every 6 inches or so of 1/2" hemp style rope. Thanks for the advise, just got my vine Weds. too, so it's going up tomorrow!👍
I just bought a sweet autumn and I have it indoors until spring. I was hesitant at first not sure what I was getting into but after seeing your video…I CANT WAIT! Thank you. I have one question though, will my clematis bloom this summer or does it take a year? Also, should I stake it while I have it indoors?
It should bloom a little this year but it will mostly work on establishing itself once you plant it. I personally wouldn’t worry about staking it indoors and would probably keep it trimmed up. But if you want to enjoy it inside then it very would not hurt to put a cute trellis with it. 😁
Hi, thank you for this video. I purchased mine in July and had to plant it in a pot. The guy at the nursery told me it couldn't go in a pot because it will die in the winter when all the soil in the pot freezes. I was thinking to maybe put the pot in the garage over winter or build some kind of insulation around the pot to keep it cozy in the winter. What would you say is the best thing to do? Thanks!
The plant is cold hardy in zone 4 to 9 and the general rule of thumb for container planting is 2 zones below your zone so the plant is cold hardy in a container outside from zones 6 to 9 typically. If you are in a zone 6 or lower yes bring it inside the garage for winter. I doubt you would need to do anything more than that but an insulated container of some type could be used if you are worried about it. Hope that helps.
As an alternative to bringing into the garage:You can also wrap your container in burlap and stuff between burlap and pot with leaves. Use LOTS of leaves as insulation .It will keep your plant in good shape. But only need to do that if you are in zone 6 or lower.
Thomas Rainbow it is a very vigorous grower so every few days in spring I go out and pick up any vines that are going places I don’t want them to go and I reposition them up the trellis and fence. I use a obelisk style trellis. Thanks for watching the video and I am so glad you enjoyed it.
I typically prune mine down to the ground in winter once all the vines have died. Their are different opinions on when to prune but I don’t want to look at dead foliage and vines all winter and spring so I get rid of it.
You could certainly try it because if it worked it would be gorgeous. The sweet autumn is such a vigorous grower it might overtake the summer love. But I have never tried this combo so I’m not sure.
It would definitely spread out in a yard if you let it. Just like any vining plant it sends tendrils out in all directions. But it is easy to pick up and train how you want it to grow. So if you want it up a tree simply pick up the vines and wrap them up the tree. Once it fully grabs the tree it will take off and keep climbing.
@@HorticultureGeek Ok great. I planted my clematis in a large pot and have it on my patio. I put together a trellis for it. I am finding some of the leaves/vines to be wilting. I believe the soil is good, so why might you think that is happening?
Greg Poitras it could be several reasons. The young tender vibes can get damaged easily. Do you have a cat or squirrel that likes to climb in it? Also do the wilted stems and leaves turn blackish? Yes if they do you might have a fungal issues commonly known as clematis wilt.
Horticulture Geek No animals can get at it. There are no leaves or vines turning black. Wondering if the cooler night temperatures are affecting it? Thanks so much for your help!
Does it trail down the back side of the fence (neighbours side) or stay clumped near the top? do you have it trained on anything or does it just attach to the fence? Thanks!
Just planted this plant in the ground to be trained to group up/over a trellis above gate leading to our yard. Can I prune this throughout the spring/summer so it's tidy and not hanging and in the way of the people using gate?
Harriett Pavon Rosado it is a completely different plant species. It is actually a clematis variety. The blooms are similar however. The smell is different.
Nice plant bro.i live in zone 11 in india delhi.can i grow it.should i plant it in shade.i have very harsh summers here.and tem.sometime reaches upto 48 degree c.
Thank you so much for watching I unfortunately have no idea how it would do in your climate. I think that it would probably be an evergreen in that warm a climate and might become invasive so I would suggest good research before ordering one. Best of luck.
Hii bro, I have bought this clematis from nursery, but its growing side ways , i want to use it as afalling creeper from my terrace. How should i give it directions.
Oh, got that wrong, Sweet Autumn Clematis is Clematis terniflora ! From Japan it seems ! It looks really like Clematis flammula, which maybe flowers a bit earlier, is also scented and may be more drought tolerant ! My book claims that Clematis flammula is less hardy than terniflora, but that may not be true, as they are both group 3 and deciduous.J
@@HorticultureGeek I had mine on a trellis and it grew up and onto my house. It was beautiful, but every year after strong winds...it wasn't. Going to try something different this year. Thanks for your video
Depending on your growing zone yes. The general rule of thumb is that a plant needs 2 zones of tolerance to survive in a container over winter. So this clematis is rated for zones 4 to 9 for in ground planting which means you need to be in a zone 6 or higher to safely leave outside in a container. Hope that helps.
@@HorticultureGeek Thanks! I'm zone 8 so it should be okay. I hadn't known that advice about containers, but it's very helpful, not only for this clematis but for other plants I'm thinking of growing.
I planted 4 clematis plants in my garden last week to cover a 4m x 4m wall (West London) 2 x Clematis etoile violette (Dark purple) 1 x Clematis Justa (Light Blue) 1 x Clematis Danuta (Pink) Seeing how large your 1 plant became I'm worried my 4 plants will take over the whole garden.
No need to worry. This particular clematis is called sweet autumn and it does get large and can become invasive in tropical climates but most clematis like the ones you have typically stay nice and manageable and get no where the size of this variety.
Yes, it is beautiful in bloom, but is horribly horribly invasive! (I’m in Central Arkansas!) My neighbor planted this many years ago, and now it is coming up everywhere in my yard, choking out shrubs, trees, flowers. 😫 I have worked for several years trying to eradicate it! I do not want it! Sad.
It is so beautiful ! Her name in Germany is Clematis terniflora Robusta. I planted sweet autumn three years ago on a rose arch. Already in the first year it covered the rose arch. It is only leafy green until the beginning of October, but in October there is a flower explosion, it can be seen from adistance when everyone else is no longer flowering, an absolute eye-catcher. It is a popular nesting place for birds and very popular with bees. Her scent ist sweet and well like honey. But this year I wasn't paying attention, the tendrils grew over my Butterfly Bush to the terrace pergola and grew there still 4 m. It was nice to look at, but too much. I cut down very far every year before winter. But you have to tie the tendrils to the scaffolding, otherwise they hang down in the path. But then I do it like in the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty: cut the way. Greetings from Germany
Mine is getting ready to bloom !! That’s my favorite clematis!!!
Two Family Homestead I love mine too! I have several clematis but this by far is my favorite.
i realize it's kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released movies online?
@Nolan Brock i watch on FlixZone. You can find it on google :)
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The main thing you failed to mention is the fragrance of it!! It is so strong you smell it before you see it!!! The invasiveness of it comes from the fact that it freely reseeds itself. I have around 30 small plants around the place. 😊 Most of it gets mowed regularly. I do appreciate the information about cutting it down in winter, I will be doing it this year. I do love all the things about this beauty. I also am in zone 7a/b in NC.
Gail Elwood great points! Thanks for sharing them and thanks for watching the video. I knew that was forgetting something. 😂
@@HorticultureGeek BTW, I have had this growing in my chicken run for 4 years and no chicken has bothered it at all. I wanted to create shade over the run and it was added after the plant was very big and I also have some growing around the top of the dog run and my dogs have never bothered it either. So I think most animals are not going to eat any of it.
Gail Elwood I agree our dog has never bothered ours either. I just wanted to throw it out their since several of my viewers have goats or cows. Better safe than sorry.
Such a beautiful flower.Nature is so giving 🙏.I too have this flower in my pot .I stay in Navi Mumbai.I wish I could have like your flower bloom.
What a beautiful sight! 😍Thank you for sharing!
It’s fantastic! An avalanche of flowers ❤
oh they are so beautiful
Garden4Cheap Thanks for watching and commenting. They are really beautiful. Definitely the centerpiece of the garden at the moment.
It is nice to see how beautiful yours is. I live in zone 4 - 5. A greenhouse in our area grows this on a pillar. It was very attractive but not huge. After seeing yours I can't resist. I am going to try.
This plant is sooo invasive. It spreads its seeds all over my property and beyond. I wish I could permanently get rid of them.
Yes in certain climates with mild winters it is a beast. Trumpet vine is like that in my area. I have found stump and vine killer by Bonide very effective.
I love the smell of these, 4 years ago when I planted one I didn't realize that they reseeded themselves and I have to be on the look out for new shoots which is sorta pain in the butt it keeps humble too I love that the scent from theses carry for several feet seems like.
That's gorgeous
She's Gone Country Farms thanks for checking out the video. I’m glad you like the clematis!
I have this plant in Michigan and it blooms in late August early September.
It is beautiful on a trellis. I also cut mine down to about foot for the winter.
This summer I noticed a vine growing up a decorative post with a bird house
on it and low and behold it started to bloom and it is another Sweet Autumn Plant.
I get so many complements on it.
The smell Is lovely I found these on the deleware river in Philly
Excellent
I think that this is Clematis flammula; i'm British and it seems that only the seed for this lovely Clematis is available in UK ! I recently saw Clematis flammula growing WILD in RONDA, ANDALUCIA; it was late June and even in baking hot full sun the plants i saw were in full flower and looking impervious to the heat ! They really are indigenous to Spain, as also is Clematis cirrhosa ( Winter flowering Clematis ). In the wild with no watering, the plants were much smaller, so i guess you do irrigate !? Thanks for a video about a rare plant ! J
I have volunteer Clematis flammula starting on a very steep flaky schist slope in scorching sun, no water, on a property I recently bought on the south coast of France. Still small for now but as I’ve had a hard time finding plants for those conditions, I’m going to let it do its thing and see how it does as a ground cover to retain the soil. Would love to know if anyone else has grown any of the virgin’s bowers this way?
I didn’t know what this was until yesterday (May 27,2022). I have lived here 14 and a half years gardening and losing the fight against what I thought was an invasive weed,beautiful but a beast. I have just started to forage in my gardens this spring -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I think 🤔 zone 6. Wow! I have a clematis just like yours. I’m just going to have to make peace with it somehow 🤷🏽♀️.It’s like a bear rug on the fence when (nothing) looks better. Mine flowers generously but yours looks like snow ❄️❄️❄️.I’ll feed mine and get the snow bank look 😄😆Thanks for the video and you answered a question I had (is it edible) that’s why I looked it up.
I love this plant . Am looking to cover a dead tree . I think it would be beautiful. I did this once in CA and it looked amazing.
I am now however in Tx where the plants have to be Tx tough. Hoping this plant is tough enough to survive in San Antonio.
Loved your video ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing. Every video I've seen on this vine so far has gotten me more and more excited about getting mine. I live in zone 4 up in MT and pollinator plants here (in town) are hard to come by. I've been trying to promote more bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and really just more birds other than Magpies and Crows/Ravens in the neighborhood and been pretty successful. I'm putting mine about 12ft in front of a chain link fence on a 18ft wide by 8ft tall trellis wall I've built from 4X4s and lattice (Gonna get one or two more if all goes well) to make a nice sitting area and to block out road noise. How will these do on regular 4X8ft sheets of wood lattice? I've been hearing they need something thin like pencil sized to climb. Should I throw some wire up too?
Yes I read they like to reach up to 6" and have a hard time climbing on trellis that is 1" or thicker
Yes I would recommend some wire or something. The tendrils would have a hard time wrapping around lattice. I would also recommend regularly training vines up the lattice so that it fills in the space and direction you want and it doesn’t simply run on the ground.
@@HorticultureGeek Thanks! Already on it. Went out a couple days ago and threw up a bunch of horizontal lines every 6 inches or so of 1/2" hemp style rope. Thanks for the advise, just got my vine Weds. too, so it's going up tomorrow!👍
Have to have this!! Wow!
just ordered one of those plants was wondering do you remember how much growth you had the first and second year.thanks love your garden
It did well the first year and grew up to the top of the fence. Every year after that it has been a beast growing for size in the video.
So nice. Does it stay stay heavy with flowers all summer?
No it sets buds during the summer and then blooms at the end of summer start of fall.
Wow that's lots of beautiful flowers! All those are from a single clematis, or there are multiple plants?
Just 1 plant.
@@HorticultureGeek That's insane! I'll plant one as well :-D Thank you.
I just bought a sweet autumn and I have it indoors until spring. I was hesitant at first not sure what I was getting into but after seeing your video…I CANT WAIT! Thank you. I have one question though, will my clematis bloom this summer or does it take a year?
Also, should I stake it while I have it indoors?
It should bloom a little this year but it will mostly work on establishing itself once you plant it. I personally wouldn’t worry about staking it indoors and would probably keep it trimmed up. But if you want to enjoy it inside then it very would not hurt to put a cute trellis with it. 😁
Nice presentation.Can this plant grow in Agra-India where temp.rises up to 45*centi.?
Hi, thank you for this video. I purchased mine in July and had to plant it in a pot. The guy at the nursery told me it couldn't go in a pot because it will die in the winter when all the soil in the pot freezes. I was thinking to maybe put the pot in the garage over winter or build some kind of insulation around the pot to keep it cozy in the winter. What would you say is the best thing to do? Thanks!
The plant is cold hardy in zone 4 to 9 and the general rule of thumb for container planting is 2 zones below your zone so the plant is cold hardy in a container outside from zones 6 to 9 typically. If you are in a zone 6 or lower yes bring it inside the garage for winter. I doubt you would need to do anything more than that but an insulated container of some type could be used if you are worried about it. Hope that helps.
As an alternative to bringing into the garage:You can also wrap your container in burlap and stuff between burlap and pot with leaves. Use LOTS of leaves as insulation .It will keep your plant in good shape. But only need to do that if you are in zone 6 or lower.
I am in Michigan and I wonder how one would do this year if I planted it in July. Would I get much growth or blooms?
It would probably grow a little but it would need to get rooted into its spot before it really gave you a good show.
Nice video! Looks like snow in summer! How did you plant/train it? What kind of trellis did you use? Thanks
Thomas Rainbow it is a very vigorous grower so every few days in spring I go out and pick up any vines that are going places I don’t want them to go and I reposition them up the trellis and fence. I use a obelisk style trellis. Thanks for watching the video and I am so glad you enjoyed it.
When do you prune it? After it blooms in fall or early spring?
I typically prune mine down to the ground in winter once all the vines have died. Their are different opinions on when to prune but I don’t want to look at dead foliage and vines all winter and spring so I get rid of it.
Could you put on the same trellis with
sweet summer love. Do they bloom at different times,,?
You could certainly try it because if it worked it would be gorgeous. The sweet autumn is such a vigorous grower it might overtake the summer love. But I have never tried this combo so I’m not sure.
what about it spreading ?? in Chicago,IL, I accidentally purchased 2 for either size of a 8'x 9' arbor. Mistake?
Yes it can get very large and in the correct conditions can become invasive. My climate and regular garden weeding tends to keep it in check.
Interesting. If came up in the lawn, will it take over the lawn? I'd like to grow it up a tree.
It would definitely spread out in a yard if you let it. Just like any vining plant it sends tendrils out in all directions. But it is easy to pick up and train how you want it to grow. So if you want it up a tree simply pick up the vines and wrap them up the tree. Once it fully grabs the tree it will take off and keep climbing.
@@HorticultureGeek Thank you.
@@HorticultureGeek Will it self-seed in a lawn? Thanks.
I’m assuming you planted that into the ground by your fence. How did you promote the sweet autumn to climb the fence? Trellis?
Greg Poitras yes it is planted directly in the ground and it has an obelisk/trellis that it climbs up and completely engulfs.
@@HorticultureGeek Ok great. I planted my clematis in a large pot and have it on my patio. I put together a trellis for it. I am finding some of the leaves/vines to be wilting. I believe the soil is good, so why might you think that is happening?
Greg Poitras it could be several reasons. The young tender vibes can get damaged easily. Do you have a cat or squirrel that likes to climb in it? Also do the wilted stems and leaves turn blackish? Yes if they do you might have a fungal issues commonly known as clematis wilt.
Horticulture Geek No animals can get at it. There are no leaves or vines turning black. Wondering if the cooler night temperatures are affecting it?
Thanks so much for your help!
@@gapoitras5 Maybe over watering? I think they can be ok in cooler temps at night
I love it but it's really invasive in Louisiana.
Does it trail down the back side of the fence (neighbours side) or stay clumped near the top? do you have it trained on anything or does it just attach to the fence? Thanks!
It does trail over the backside of the fence. And it is planted on an obelisk trellis to help it get up to the top of the fence.
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Just planted this plant in the ground to be trained to group up/over a trellis above gate leading to our yard.
Can I prune this throughout the spring/summer so it's tidy and not hanging and in the way of the people using gate?
Yes, absolutely you can. I prune on mine all the time to keep it from growing over my other plants and to keep it out of the walkway.
@@HorticultureGeek , It reminds me of Star Jasmine. What is the difference?
Harriett Pavon Rosado it is a completely different plant species. It is actually a clematis variety. The blooms are similar however. The smell is different.
@@HorticultureGeek, I thought I was going crazy. Thank you for your prompt reply. Happy gardening!
Nice plant bro.i live in zone 11 in india delhi.can i grow it.should i plant it in shade.i have very harsh summers here.and tem.sometime reaches upto 48 degree c.
Thank you so much for watching I unfortunately have no idea how it would do in your climate. I think that it would probably be an evergreen in that warm a climate and might become invasive so I would suggest good research before ordering one. Best of luck.
Hii bro, I have bought this clematis from nursery, but its growing side ways , i want to use it as afalling creeper from my terrace. How should i give it directions.
When it starts growing it will vine out rapidly. Just grab the vines and move them to the area you want it to cover.
Oh, got that wrong, Sweet Autumn Clematis is Clematis terniflora ! From Japan it seems ! It looks really like Clematis flammula, which maybe flowers a bit earlier, is also scented and may be more drought tolerant ! My book claims that Clematis flammula is less hardy than terniflora, but that may not be true, as they are both group 3 and deciduous.J
I'd like to see how the trellis looks underneath
It is just a simple obelisk. Nothing fancy. The vines grab anything really and take off.
@@HorticultureGeek I had mine on a trellis and it grew up and onto my house. It was beautiful, but every year after strong winds...it wasn't. Going to try something different this year. Thanks for your video
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Zone 7 too
How many plants did you plant for it to get to that size?
That is just 1 plant. It naturally gets that big. 😁 it is a garden beast.
Can it be grown in a big pot?
Depending on your growing zone yes. The general rule of thumb is that a plant needs 2 zones of tolerance to survive in a container over winter. So this clematis is rated for zones 4 to 9 for in ground planting which means you need to be in a zone 6 or higher to safely leave outside in a container. Hope that helps.
@@HorticultureGeek Thanks! I'm zone 8 so it should be okay. I hadn't known that advice about containers, but it's very helpful, not only for this clematis but for other plants I'm thinking of growing.
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Is this species never evergreen, even in zone 9 or higher?
I’m not sure about that. I do know in higher zones it is considered invasive so be careful if you plant it.
I planted 4 clematis plants in my garden last week to cover a 4m x 4m wall (West London)
2 x Clematis etoile violette (Dark purple)
1 x Clematis Justa (Light Blue)
1 x Clematis Danuta (Pink)
Seeing how large your 1 plant became I'm worried my 4 plants will take over the whole garden.
No need to worry. This particular clematis is called sweet autumn and it does get large and can become invasive in tropical climates but most clematis like the ones you have typically stay nice and manageable and get no where the size of this variety.
I think it would be to big for my garden 😬😁😁
Yes, it is beautiful in bloom, but is horribly horribly invasive! (I’m in Central Arkansas!) My neighbor planted this many years ago, and now it is coming up everywhere in my yard, choking out shrubs, trees, flowers. 😫 I have worked for several years trying to eradicate it! I do not want it! Sad.