Re: Invasion of the Lilacs
jeanne latta wrote:
>
> I have a problem that I hope you can help me with. There is a fence
> between my yard and that of my next door neighbor. On my side of the
> fence is my perennial garden. On his side of the fence are lilacs.
> The problem is that the roots of the lilacs have come over into my
> flower beds and are sending out shoots all over the place. It's
> impossible to just yank them out..they seem to be rooted in concrete.
> I tried cutting all the little shoots back to the ground but they just
> reappear again. I figure I have two alternatives. If I wait until
> fall when my garden dies back I can attack them with a hatchet or
> something and try to seriously cut them away. This would be a
> horrendous job. The second alternative would be to use a vegetation
> killer on them. I don't know if this would work but I certainly
> wouldn't want to kill his lilacs. I just don't want them coming up in
> my garden. Does anyone have any suggestions? This is really getting
> to be a problem.
> Jeanne
>
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Use the hatchet. I cannot think of any other means, aside from
installing a barrier (vertically installed underground) after the
hatchet job.
My Mum used an herbicide to keep grass from growing on the alleyway.
They had dug up all the grass at the edge and replaced it with crushed
rock. They used a commercial herbicide from an un-named City Of ***,
which was used by the City and was requisitioned by un-named employee.
The herbicide leached all along the alleyway, killing peonies, clematis,
climbing roses, lilies and half the very well maintained apple tree that
my grandmother planted years ago when she bought the house. This garden
could have been in a magazine, it was so well taken care of and
planned. BUT- the herbicide also travelled under the alleyway and
killed THREE very old, very well maintained fruit trees in the neighbors
yard....one was about 30 feet from the alley.
So, lest your neighbor hunt you down in a dark alley, arm yourself with
the hatchet.
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