It's difficult to tell from the photo. Is is a groundcover, mostly under 16 inches tall and spreading by runners? Does it have flower heads in late spring that remind you of Queen Anne's Lace or Carrots? If the answer to both these is yes, then it's Bishop's Weed (Aegopodium podograria, a plant which originated in Europe and is sold as a groundcover in the United States. It is apparently aggresive and possibly invasive.

Posted by joem50 on 2009-07-11, 01:18:22   Report this as offensive.

Thank you so much.
The answer to all is yes,and yes it is invasive here in SW Ohio.we live in apartments and my neighbor and I cannot get rid of it.All we can do is keep cutting it back and trying to contain it somehow.
Again,Thank You so much.
Lynn

Posted by ldeardorff50 on 2009-07-11, 12:07:18   Report this as offensive.

I don't know whether this will work and it will take a couple of months, but if you can mow the area and then cover it with landscape cloth (like plastic but it is a mesh which allows water through but not usually plants) and then cover that with several inches of mulch, you may be able to kill the Bishop's Weed. If you decide to do it, find a mulch that is cheap, if possible free. Grass clippings will work. If you have a landfill that has yard waste or Christmas trees ground up and allows people to take the mulch without charge. Waste from a canning factory, such as pea pods. Old unusable hay or straw. If you want it to look better, the last layer can be bark or wood chips or cocoa bean shells. Watch to make sure no plants start growing through the landscape cloth. After a couple months, pull back the mulch and check the area to see if the Bishop's Weed is killed. Then you can either remove the landscape cloth or cut x-shaped lines and plant the area in the fall when the weather is right.

Posted by joem50 on 2009-07-17, 07:17:38   Report this as offensive.