The leafy stems grow quickly, blanketing the ground or twining up to several feet tall on plants, fences, trellises or other upright structures. They kill other plants by blocking them from light. Field bindweed flowers look like small white morning glories, with pink markings on petal undersides.

Does bindweed damage other plants?

It out-competes your garden plants and reduces plant yield. ... Entwining its way around your prized plants, bindweed will eventually strangle them or can get so heavy that eventually it will drag the plants over. So how do you get rid of, or at least control, this dreaded garden killer.

How do I get rid of bindweed in my flower beds?

As bindweed is a perennial weed, it can only be completely killed with the systemic weedkiller glyphosate. This needs to be applied to the leaves, which is then taken down into the roots as bindweed grows. Other types of weedkiller will kill only the top growth, and bindweed simply regrows from the roots.