You people, with your gardens
My garden looks like some sort of overgrown jungle. I filled my garden waste bin cutting the grass last week and I haven't even started on the shrubs & trees.
I don't think the previous tenants did anything to the garden in all the time they lived there.
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 12:44, archived)

Hack everything back this year
so next year it will come back in manageable form. Or it will die, in which case you don't want to be bothering with it because it's clearly too fussy.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 12:48, archived)

Exactly what I'm planning
There's this strange shrub with yellow flowers that has engulfed 1/4 the back garden
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 12:51, archived)

Does it have long thin branches growing upwards with bright yellow flowers?
If so, it's probably Forsythia, which is one of the first things to come into flower in the spring so you may want to try to hang on to that.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 12:55, archived)

Did a quick search
It's not that, I think it might be this stuff www.findmeplants.co.uk/plant-hypericum-2957.aspx
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 13:06, archived)

That's nice too
Says it's hardy. Hack away!
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 30 Jun 2009, 13:28, archived)