One of the areas we planted was around a stump about 4 ft. high. Huge mound of green and then took over the ground all around it.
I planted one 20 years ago that absolutely ate the house I’d just built. These, I THOUGHT were perennial morning glory, got ‘em clearanced, the leaves are very similar. In the hill country, water and soil are such a delicacy that they can’t be wasted on that kudzu, no matter how pretty the blooms.