My epitaph shall read:
Here lies River
She was swallowed by a quince bush.
This is the bush from Hell that lives and multiplies like a rabbit on our property.
Every fall we wack it down to a manageable level, and every spring it comes back with a vengeance.
Yes, the blooms are lovely.
And yes, the bumblebees enjoy it.
Pardon the bee butt shots. Apparently they’re camera shy.
But damn.
It’s only June and the pink spawn of Satan is already reaching the roof line.
So if I should disappear this summer?
Grab a machete and come get me….
It’s already got three window exits blocked.
I fear the doors are next.
River's world..... 
I had a crepe myrtle like that. It could grow three stories in two years. We’d cut it down and it would be up to the second floor from the basement level in no time…
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And… did you have to move because it swallowed the house?
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We moved two doors down to an end unit and it became the new owners’ problem…
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Passing the buck.. or bush in this case. Wise choice.
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It must be getting some pretty good fertilizer. There aren’t any bodies buried under the crawlspace, are there?
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Damn, I never checked. Now…. I’m almost afraid to.
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My aunt had a quince bush just like that, after five years of nagging, cussing and pruning she cut it down to the dirt and then………she burned the stump. She lit that thing on fire, keeping an eye on if of course, and that burning bush from hell has not returned.
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Scorched earth is the only possible solution. Someday we’ll probably be doing that as well.
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Bring me a piece of that!! I have a few windows to cover!! lol
Dig it up and put in a far corner and let it go wild!!
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You’d be sorry, believe me. I’ve given little ones to friends over the years and they’ve cursed me for it later…
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I have a place WAY out in the yard……
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If you lived closer… I’d bring you some.
Remember- GOT spoiler tomorrow. Stay away.
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OK…….*whimpers in the corner* I won’t get my daily dose of River.
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To be honest, it’s not that great a post. I just saw those silly dragon lamps and had to mock. Worth missing so you don’t know how it ends… trust me.
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Ok…..*sniffle*….just this once…..OK??
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I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say you’ll survive…
😉
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Oh my gosh, why is it that so much loveliness has to be so evil? Get the riding mower after that sucker. But first, clip me some beautiful branches and send them to me — not to plant, just to enjoy for a few days in a vase! It really is quite lovely! Also, don’t die doing this! Keep your machete handy just in case it fights back! Mona
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I’d love to just run it over, but it’s a wee bit tall for that. I shall suit up and attack it with my electric hedge trimmer instead. Wish me luck.
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Maybe cut it back all the way to the ground?
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We had friends who did that to a line of them. 3 years later? Reaching the roof line. It’s crazy…
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The size of the limb that you cut back and the new branches that have grown from them almost looks like you’re dealing with a tree instead of a bush. There are Quince trees AND bushes just like with the Crepe Myrtle. I had both the Crepe Myrtle bushes about 7 feet tall and a Crepe Myrtle tree which was about 25 feet tall when I lived in Florida. Might be why it’s SO big!?
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It doesn’t have a tree shape or tendencies. Spreads like a bush…. a ginormous bush!We’ve been here 17 years, the previous owner 5, and the owner before that dealt with it too. I’m guessing this thing is about 30 years old.
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Great post as always! I sympathize, too. We have one and just tried to cut it back, too.
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I’m going to try to get the husband on it this weekend. It’s the one chore around the house he hates. The damn thing has thorns!
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And you fight them every year and will continue to fight them every year after year after year after year!
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Which means I’ll always have something to blog about!
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Okay, but why do you hate it? It’s so pretty! *welcomes vines and pretty much any invasive species* I’m not normal, huh?
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This thing would have swallowed the house, the garage, the barn and all neighbors within a 3 mile radius. Seriously, I’ve never seen anything grow so much, so fast. Lord knows all the things I buy, plant and baby won’t.
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I wince for your quince. Sure is purty though.
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It is purty…. which is why we don’t dig it up altogether and be done with it. The hummingbirds would be sad.
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