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Garden thugs

Absolutely agree with Moira and Tony - Tradescantia, the 
common green one is a menace.  I have been trying for TEN YEARS 
to eradicate it from this garden.  It seems to regard glyphosate 
as a fertiliser.  I have many damp shady areas here which it 
loves.  Another thug here (Adelaide, S. Aus) is the wretched 
Vinca sp.  Get rid of it in one spot, and it pops up a 
metre away.  My garden is on the bank of a creek and so 
is host to one of the worst garden thugs in this city, 
the mountain ash - Fraxinus ?  It self-seeds all along the 
banks of the creeks, overshadowing everything else and 
elbowing out the native vegetation.  It's the last to 
lose its leaves in winter and the first to regain them 
in spring.  It seems to thrive in this climate - I'd be 
interested to know if it's a pest in San Francisco.  

Liz
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