The standard move with hearty invasive plants (brush honeysuckle) where I grew up is to cut it back to a single stem stem then use a paintbrush to immediately a

The standard move with hearty invasive plants (brush honeysuckle) where I grew up is to cut it back to a single stem stem then use a paintbrush to immediately apply glyphosate. I don't like using it myself but it's better than both other options; the invasive choking out everything else or indiscriminately spraying.