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Post by cjhomebird on Apr 19, 2011 13:14:29 GMT
I have some Solomons Seal in a border and it looks ridiculous, I wish I had never planted it there, and if I try and get it out its going to disturb a hell of a lot of stuff as it has spread. I suppose I will have to wait until Autumn when everything is dying down.  |
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 19, 2011 14:51:32 GMT
I was going to buy a Solomon's Seal cjhomebird, but having read your post, I've changed my mind. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif I regret planting so many roses in one bed, as I would like the space for perennials. I also planted some hardy phaeum geraniums in between and it all looks very crowded. I am just going to have to get rid of more lawn. |
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Post by andy on Apr 19, 2011 16:32:04 GMT
Someone planted some kind of wild garlic in my beds at work. I would love to shake them warmly by the throat !!!  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 19, 2011 17:14:25 GMT
Two blinkin' budds that self seeded - massive now and take light from other shrubs - cut and trimmed one back at the weekend and the other one is going to have to go ;D
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Post by andy on Apr 19, 2011 17:32:18 GMT
Believe it or not, one of the other things that seeds everywhere....in the grass, in the beds, in the cracks in the paths and is getting a problem...and that's cowslips !!!!!!!!
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 19, 2011 17:50:20 GMT
Oh really Andy - I bought one a couple years ago - well I never
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I have similar prob with violets - I brought one home I "found" in the hedgerow and it self seeds everywhere - very pretty but how many do you need
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 19, 2011 18:20:35 GMT
Self seeding forget-me-nots  |
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Post by Spruance on Apr 19, 2011 18:30:11 GMT
I am actually very fond of forget-me-nots as they are wonderful for suppressing weeds and the only real drawback is the seeds which get everywhere when the plants are pulled out when they've finished.
The two plants that I have a love/hate relations ship with - and mostly the latter - are Solidago (Golden Rod) and Agastache. When we moved house in 1993 I brought three small clumps of Solidago with us and even now we are still digging it out as it spreads by a creeping rhizome root which if you don't bit of it out comes back with a vengeance the following year. The Agastache was grown from seed a few years back but that has the same sort of root structure and is similarly difficult to get rid of.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 19, 2011 19:55:34 GMT
Someone planted some kind of wild garlic in my beds at work. I would love to shake them warmly by the throat !!! Same here - I didn't plant it but we have wild garlic down the side of our drive and it pops up everywhere. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 20, 2011 5:41:52 GMT
I also have a feeling the honesty I've planted this year may never go away like the forget-me-nots I planted a few years ago  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 20, 2011 6:03:57 GMT
I like forget me nots and because the garden is so small I can manage to keep on top of them. I have to be ruthless 'tho and pull up any that seem like they're taking over. I pull them up every year after they flower and the seeds scatter for next year.
It's not that I wish I'd not bought it but it does spread like mad is the little border Geranium Biokova. I love it but again I have to pull some of it up every year to keep it in check.
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Post by Amber on Apr 20, 2011 6:30:17 GMT
I have some Solomons Seal in a border and it looks ridiculous, I wish I had never planted it there, and if I try and get it out its going to disturb a hell of a lot of stuff as it has spread. I suppose I will have to wait until Autumn when everything is dying down. You could "paint" the leaves with glyphosate........ |
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Post by Chuckles on Apr 20, 2011 6:39:04 GMT
On my list are Goldenrod/Solidago, a bright red Poppy the big blousy type and a very tall and vigorous pink Anemone. I've tried digging them all out but bits seem to re appear. Last year the GR got the death spray (glyphosate) some of the Anemone got it this year and the Poppy with get it shortly ;D
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Post by carolann on Apr 20, 2011 7:05:13 GMT
Forget-me-nots which I never planted they come up all over the veg patch and they are just the pits (sorry)
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Post by Auricula on Apr 20, 2011 8:30:32 GMT
Things I HAVEN'T planted but which drive me mad......crocomia montbretia, 3 cornered leek / wild garlic, mind your own business, winter flowering heliotrope. Things I haven't planted but don't mind.......forget me nots, bluebells, arum lilies. Thing I wished I hadn't planted........alchemilla mollis i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif |
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Post by chickengirl on Apr 20, 2011 8:45:03 GMT
Well mine is not technically something that I have planted but will take the opportunity to winge a little. Previous owners of my house planted a lilac tree in the front boarder and although I have gotten the actual tree out, each year I have to try to dig out (or rather, my poor husband does) the little sprouting baby trees that keep appearing  They have roots that lead to Australia!!! Beautiful tree,love the smell, but arghhh! I know I need to bite the bullet and dig out the whole bed, as we have about another six trees that have come from nowhere. Neighbours are happy tho, as last spring I gave away at least four trees! |
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Post by Dr Bill on Apr 20, 2011 9:18:41 GMT
Lysimachia "Firecracker". Takes over a large area of the cottage garden and forms a solid root system which is impossible to dig out.
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Post by Geranium on Apr 20, 2011 10:18:35 GMT
I agree with that one! I inherited my 'thugs' which include Comfrey, Ox-eye daisies, Jap. Anemones, 'Montbretia' and anonymous pink Geraniums.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 20, 2011 17:52:22 GMT
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Post by torontotrini on Apr 20, 2011 19:13:06 GMT
Self seeding forget-me-nots I'm with you one thousand percent on that one, purplejulia. It seems like I've been weeding those thing out forever and they still keep coming up. The next worst thing is lamium; especially the white-flowers kind. |
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Post by torontotrini on Apr 20, 2011 19:22:43 GMT
And yes; agastache; although I think as of last year I finally got them all out. I'll see what happens this season. I also was fond of forget-me-nots, Spruance, but not anymore. I had a few at our previous house and they were OK. I actually took 2 small clumps with me when we moved into the house we're in now just about 6 years ago (going into the 7th full garden season) and they just simply took off. Must be something in this location that they like. they're all over the place and I can't get rid of them.
And for shrubs, I strongly advise against sumac. I bought one (sumac/tiger eye) about 4 seasons ago. Lovely foliage, and I was told that it was not as invasive as other sumacs. Forget it. In 2 seasons it was sending up new shoots all over the border I had it in, as well as in the lawn. It is fair to say that it is no longer with us.
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Post by Geranium on Apr 20, 2011 21:04:07 GMT
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Post by totp on Apr 20, 2011 21:39:13 GMT
I have just sowed a load of forget me not seeds in the hope they will eventually self-seed. Have to agree about siidago - grows as a wild flower round here - horrible plant.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 21, 2011 4:55:56 GMT
TT I grow my Sumach in a pot and it's doing quite well, it does have lovely foliage in the autumn  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 21, 2011 5:45:56 GMT
Cant believe anyone objects to pretty forget-me-nots - I have them self seeding - really pretty My Yucca in a container is a pest - he and yes it is male spikes and spears me each time I pass - his leaves are razor sharp at the end  |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 21, 2011 5:58:26 GMT
I have forget-me-nots all over my garden now,and i have never sown any,but i like them,they are very pretty
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Post by Auricula on Apr 21, 2011 7:44:44 GMT
I love forget me nots...yes, they are all over, but not for long, and they are sooooo pretty |
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Post by chickengirl on Apr 21, 2011 18:43:14 GMT
I too love forget me nots, they can come and live in my garden if they like |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 21, 2011 19:20:41 GMT
Violets....blasted things...I bought one tiny violet plant about 20 years ago and the darned things turn up everywhere.....v fibrous roots as well so they are the very devil to dig out.
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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2011 19:45:28 GMT
I've regretted planting a few things, some of the achilleas are a nightmare for me, they send out roots everywhere. My worst ever was an orange alstroemeria which took over the entire bottom border in the back and took me forever to dig out and eradicate (I still spot the occassional shoot even now!) Lily of the valley is also a thug, as are grape hyacinths and bluebells but I just try to manage them a bit as I like the flowers  I get self-sown forget me nots and creeping butterfly coming in from next door, they get weeded out as soon as I spot them! x Tig |
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They have roots that lead to Australia!!! Beautiful tree,love the smell, but arghhh! I know I need to bite the bullet and dig out the whole bed, as we have about another six trees that have come from nowhere. Neighbours are happy tho, as last spring I gave away at least four trees!
