Raspberry madness

One of our clients, who is always amazing, decided to plant some raspberries.  Ugh!  The bed she planted the berry starts in is not a big bed, I'd say its more long and narrow.  One big problem with putting raspberries in this bed is there are a ton of plants already planted in it.  Its commonly referred to as "the messy bed", and that's before the raspberries went in.  

Months later, the raspberries have officially gotten out of control.  The obvious solution is to dig in root barrier. This isn't a cure all, but it will slow them down.  The final bummer to this story is the size of the dramatic upheaval that's needed to install the root barrier.

Below is a picture of the mess that ensued. 

 

The moral to this story is, make your gardener happy and trust their knowledge.  I realize we don't pay taxes on your property, and you can plant whatever you want, wherever you want.   However, it will cost you more in the long run when your other plants are dying, and you have to pay your gardeners to fix the problem.  |Let your gardeners plant invasive plants for you.  

We know; how things grow, where the best spot to plant it is, and how to contain it, OR if it shouldn't be planted at all.