Re: Troublesome plants
- Subject: Re: Troublesome plants
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 04:22:04 EDT
In a message dated 5/20/2002 11:24:51 PM Central Daylight Time,
Blee811@aol.com writes:
> I can manage the feverfew profusion, but Claire is absolutely right
> about this campanula. It took it a couple years to start, but after than,
> boy-oh-boy is it invasive. And something eats the flowering stems before
> they bloom, so I don't even get the benefit of the flowers very often.
>
I like most "weeds thugs" Just have to have the right spot for them and not
be to shy to kill the unwanted plants but some are just to hard to control in
the garden and should have a location all to them selves.
The Campanula punctata I have grown in a few different forms and have loved
them all-they do spread a little here but sadly the woodchucks love to eat
them and have in the past done an effective job of controlling there growth.
The deer will eat them too.
Creeping bell flower is another very attractive flower that is great as a cut
flower, but should never be grown in the mixed formal boarder-it will spread
and take up a large area and is very difficult to get rid of once introduced.
Since it takes a good amount of shade and still blooms, its useful hidden
away in "unused" ground.
The worst weed I have seen around here is the all green form of Snow on the
Mountain or agepodium. Its even managed to choke out the Daylilies in one
bed-this year I must dig out all the soil in one large bed (27x10) and
replace it with new soil. Well, its a good excuse to put it some of the newer
plants I have in that bed.
This spring has been a very cold one, with freezing temps the last few
nights... I feared that the warm winter would exact a price, but not three
months of record cold weather. Since plant growth is more dependent on soil
temp instead of air temps, things have been slow to root up and grow this
year, but the late blooming dafs have loved it this year- blooming for a good
three weeks. ( the early bloomers were cut short by a snow storm)
Paul
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