Ok neighbor planted some invasive species of plants

[M-technik-3]

Bamboo, shit is semi easy to deal with but he also planted Creeping Charlie that s#$% spreads like wild fire. I have not been able to kill it without killing my lawn. Anyone else deal with crap like this?

[fporro]

i keep them off and limit their grow with a weed wacker, every 2 weeks or so.

[VinniE30]

I have the same ground cover stuff all in my lawn.. never knew it was called creeping charlie. I actually love the stuff. Fills in nice and thick, very hardy survives drought, areas that get no sun at all, etc. It doesn't get tall at all so most of your lawn is this, or if it has thinned out the grass so it's mostly creeping charlie then you don't have to cut as much.
I guess it really comes down to if you like the way it looks or not and I like the way it looks.

I'm actually trying to slowly convert to a mostly clover lawn, but I wouldn't mind if this stuff was mixed in it too, if the clover doesn't out-compete it. Try researching the advantages of a clover lawn.

[AdironRider]

Nuke the neighbor from orbit.

Should also solve the plant problem.

[mrsleeve]

Salt

[rturbo 930]

Why would anyone intentionally plant that shit?

[M-technik-3]

I have been trying this.

20 mule team Borax was what worked for me. Theory being charlie is more boron sensitive than turf grass so you have to go easy. Sprayed Charlie w/ weed b gone max spring and fall last year and he just laughed. After the borax treatment he laughs no more.

The stuff is spread by clippings and groes back twice as strong when you mow it. But as mentioned kills my lawn.

[VinniE30]

Here's a better picture of what it looks like. It gets some nice flowers in the spring.

Nothing wrong with having a more natural lawn.
And I just learned a lot about this stuff..

Glechoma is considered to be an attractive garden plant, and it is grown in pots and occasionally as a groundcover. Easily cultivated, it grows well in shaded places. A variegated variety is commercially available; in many areas this is the dominant form which has escaped cultivation and become established as an aggressive, adventitious groundcover.
While often thought of as a weed because of its propensity for spreading, Glechoma has culinary and medicinal uses which were the cause of its being imported to America by early European settlers. The fresh herb can be rinsed and steeped in hot water to create an herbal tea which is rich in vitamin C. It has a distinctive, mildly peppery flavor; it can be cooked as a pot herb, although it is most commonly eaten as a fresh salad green.[6]
Glechoma was also widely used by the Saxons in brewing beer as flavoring, clarification, and preservative, before the introduction of hops for these purposes; thus the brewing-related names, alehoof, tunhoof, and gill-over-the-ground.
Glechoma has been used in the cheese-making process as a substitute for animal rennet.[7]

I'm gonna try eating some tomorrow.

[M-technik-3]

Pretty blue flowers and he chem treats his yard so It doesn't spread beyond his tree thicket. It's everywhere in my yard now. Guy just gets under my skin. Have been tempted to retaliate but not worth it.

[VinniE30]

Leave it in your yard because it's awesome.
As for your neighbor...
Put up a fence along the border for immediate privacy - 6 or 8 foot wood fence if you're allowed to go that high.
Plant Thuja Green Giant along the fence. Even if you plant them relatively small they will be taller than the fence in a few years so you won't have to see the fence and they will grow to around 30 feet so you won't have to even see anything at all on his property, probably even his house.
They stay green and thick all year round. This plus the fence will make for good sound deadening too so you won't even hear them as much.
Privacy and a nice wall of green all year long for you plus he will have to look at the fence on his side.

[M-technik-3]

It's becoming my lawn no thanks I'd rather have some natural grass and enjoy that below my feet.

[2761377]

[Cletonius]

It's becoming my lawn no thanks I'd rather have some natural grass and enjoy that below my feet.

Get some zoysia (zosia?) Grass and plant that near the creeping Charlie. The grass will spread and take care of the Charlie.

[flyboyx]

Leave it in your yard because it's awesome.
As for your neighbor...
Put up a fence along the border for immediate privacy - 6 or 8 foot wood fence if you're allowed to go that high.
Plant Thuja Green Giant along the fence. Even if you plant them relatively small they will be taller than the fence in a few years so you won't have to see the fence and they will grow to around 30 feet so you won't have to even see anything at all on his property, probably even his house.
They stay green and thick all year round. This plus the fence will make for good sound deadening too so you won't even hear them as much.
Privacy and a nice wall of green all year long for you plus he will have to look at the fence on his side.

sounds like your really know your plants. thank you for this advice. man, i have an asshole neighbor that is always giving me hell. i am going to plant these all the way across the back of my property to block his water view. i was thinking about oleanders because they are a little nicer to look at but this sounds cheaper and better for this situation.