Chiming in to ask for more feedback . . . because you pretty much posted my exact inquiry! Our daughter has made an offer (will hear back this afternoon!) on her first home. The purchase price is mostly in the 30 acres of perfection including a ridge line with views to die for and 1000 ft of trout stream frontage). The current residence itself is a "just fine" 20 year old manufactured doublewide. She isn't picky about housing and will live in that for some years until she later builds her forever home further into the property (and would then likely rent out the current residence until it's no longer worthy of maintaining or even just sell it off as it's on the edge of the property.) As a housewarming gift, my husband and I have offered to replace the stinky carpeting (about 1000 sf of it) with LVP. We are pretty handy, and we're planning to DIY the install. So, we need a modestly priced but durable and quality LVP product for DIY installation. Main criteria are a quality product that won't soon have gaps or cracks or other obvious serious defects and is as scratch resistant as is reasonably available. Floating installation, not glue down. And, since we're talking about a depreciating asset (not a house that rises in value), it's just silly to overspend, because this entire structure will end up in a land fill within the next couple decades. So, I'm hoping to keep the floor cost more in the $2-4/ft range. Can anyone help guide me to specific products? Especially those available at Lowe's or Home Depot, where I can see the product in person. Our local Lowe's happens to have excellent management and is very responsive to problems/etc, so I will lean towards a product available at Lowe's all other things being equal. Thank you!

Interesting. I went out and looked just now and all I see on her side both on the ground and her house is Boston Ivy. I can take a better picture when her blinds are closed :-) I don't doubt your ability to identify English vs Boston ivy at all. I'm just thinking the vine halfway down to the far right edge is too small to ID? On the other hand, there's an outside chance she pulled it down since I took the photo about a week ago. The ones I see today are all Boston ivy. On the other matter I don't see any sign of the English ivy growing on my tree being rooted in her yard. It must be in mine under a thick, thick carpet of Boston ivy. It's true something could easily pop up between the B. ivy leaves if it could manage without any sun until it does. The occasional tree volunteer sprig does that until I pull them. Being home for the pandemic has allowed me to concentrate on tidying up all my yards.

Agree, P. umbraticola (ornamental purslane)

Ruellia humilis has red tinge too. The leaves on my plants are ciliate, but there are about 8 varieties of R. humilis, and at least one of those has leaves that aren't ciliate. I've looked at all the Epilobium species native to Maine, and Epilobium anagallidifolium is the closest imo. There isn't much literature or photos for all the varieties of R. humilis online. I'm glad I drank a lot of coffee this morning. 😰😂