We dug down almost THREE FEET all along the front side of our house and extracted every root we could find. We spent over a week trying to remove it all. Next year? It all came back as if we'd never done a thing.

being in the wrong place for it makes even good things...not so great.

That's Ken fighting back at some of the root system.

The right place for it is difficult to imagine. It spreads like wildfire, the roots go deep, if you leave even one bit of root it all comes back.

"the right place for it" starts in Japan, where it belongs!

Allegory: HONTO NE????!?!?!!!!!!!!!?!!?!?!!?

i am generally not a big fan of invasive species! they tend to be A Problem. (but "fish mint" is still pretty funny)

the only reason my mint-mint (i think it's spear, but honestly i've forgotten) isn't a horrible spreader though is because the hideous day star keeps it in check. it would adore to fill the entire yard if it weren't too hot for it.

Allegory: Yeah, mint loves to go on walkabout. The roots are usually not to far underground and easy to pull back, at least in my experience.