Kudzu: invasive plant with an exaggerated reputation – Cobb County Courier

This is an expansion of one of the earliest articles published on the Cobb County Courier. It was originally published in January of 2016, about five months after we began publishing. At the time this article was written, if we had 1,000 visitors over a 30-day period I’d be thrilled. At this point our 30-day readership is consistently over 110,000 page views, and often approaches 200,000. So I’m recycling some of the golden oldies for a new and larger audience. The Georgia Native Plant Society holds periodic work days in Heritage Park in Mableton to remove invasive plants (follow this link for the details of the next work day). One thing I noticed about their publicity for the event is that more emphasis was put on privet than on kudzu. Read further to find out why. Not only that, but I noticed that I see a lot more privet in Cobb County than I do kudzu. Kudzu’s more noticeable since it engulfs whole trees and buildings, but privet is everywhere. A little about this notorious plant I’m a fan of what’s known as “long form journalism”.  It’s the type of article that takes more than one sitting to read, unless
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