Re: ground ivy
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- Subject: Re: ground ivy
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:27:14 -0400
Well, Dean, if this doesn't go to show that one person's weed is
another person's treasure:-) "Trim" ain't the term I use nor the
method, either. Around here, ground ivy is rampant in wet or dry
times, in deep shade or part sun and esp. in decent soil. It has
carpeted vast areas of our wild woods, to the detriment of anything
interesting that might have wanted to grow there. I class it right
up there with garlic mustard in the noxious weed category. I can
clear an area in early June and return to find it covered again in
late July. "Bounds" is not a concept my ground ivy understands:-)
Unlike non mature English Ivy and periwinkle (vinca), it also seeds
around with abandon when those cute little blue flowers are
pollinated - which they always are....seeds seem to have a good
afterlife in the soil, too. But, real persistence in pulling each
piece when it pokes its nose out of the soil will, eventually,
eradicate it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@juno.com>
> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 2:09 PM
>
> The best time to trim it back is in late spring (early June here),
after
> flowering and the subsequent flush of growth. After that initial
late
> spring spurt it grows pretty slowly and stays more or less within
bounds,
> especially in dry shade.
>
> Ground ivy is certainly no more difficult to control than, say,
> periwinkle or English ivy. The roots are shallow and it pulls up
easily,
> unlike ajuga or violets which cling more tenaciously to the ground.
Then
> there's something I once made the mistake of buying, Houttuynia
cordata,
> which is commonly sold as a groundcover to the unsuspecting masses
> despite that it could give spearmint lessons on rampant growth.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, Michigan, USA
> Zone 6B
>
>
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