I get it, it was planted to be ornamental, but that's not what I'm talking about.

A couple of years ago, I was travelling through the South somewhere, and went past a stretch of kudzu that was at least a half mile long, and covered EVERYTHING. I pulled over into a space that was almost a parking lot. Clearly I wasnt the first to stop to check this out.

It was so thick, you could not tell what was under it. It stretched as back into the woods as far as I could see. I took a bunch of pictures, but they were underwhelming. There was a lot of green, but they just didn't show how overwhelming it was. I couldn't find the pix anyway. And while that was the biggest Kudzu infestation I've seen, I've witnessed plenty of other impressive ones as well. Although I do have to say, I'm seeing less lately. Anti-Kudzu campaigns seem to be having an effect.

So yeah, I understand that it was planted by the road where I could see it, but that still doesn't describe the sheer immensity of the coverage. That isn't just an invasive plant becoming ubiquitous, it truly gives a new meaning to the word "invasive."

I'm a plant guy, I love building gardens and stuff, so I know what I'm looking at, and I've never seen anything else in my travels that comes close to rivaling Kudzu.