overgrown

Choked with weeds

Overgrown describes something that has grown excessively or beyond intended bounds.

An overgrown garden is choked with weeds; an overgrown path has become impassable with vegetation.

The word also characterizes someone or something as larger or more developed than expected while retaining immature qualities: He's just an overgrown child.

The overgrown lot hadn't been mowed in years.

lush

verdant

Lush with plants

flourishingProspering vigorously
luxuriantAbundantly rich, profuse
fertileAble to reproduce abundantly

thriving · blooming · teeming · dense · leafy · abundant · prolific · jungle-like · rampant · riotous

unkempt

tangled

Twisted confusedly together

messyLacking order or neatness
shaggyLong, coarse, untidy
raggedWorn to shreds

wild · straggly · unruly · matted · bushy · scraggly · disheveled · untrimmed · uncut · neglected

abandoned

derelict

Abandoned or neglectful

ruinsDecayed structural remains
decayedBroken down organically
dilapidatedRuined through neglect

forsaken · forgotten · vacant · deserted · crumbling · decrepit · neglected · disused · disrepair · uninhabited

vegetation

ivy

Evergreen climbing plant

kudzuAggressive Asian climbing plant
vinesClimbing, trailing plants
creepersPlants that spread upward

ferns · moss · shrubs · underbrush · brambles · thicket · weeds · foliage · greenery · brushwood

overgrown

verdant

tangled

derelict

ivy

overgrown

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