Garden thugs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Garden thugs
- From: M* M*
- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:08:13 -0600
Hi, List members...
What do you wish you had never planted??
My two biggies are catnip (Someone told me that cats would eat the baby
plants, and that would kill them....BBZZZZ... wrong! Not only do they live,
but they show up everywhere) and seed-grown veronica ( has spread rampantly
and is hard to dig out). To add to the regrets, there were a few pretty
purple flowers here, in places, that I thought were OK, so I let them be.
Well, it is a campanula glomerata, and it has totally taken over four
different ares. The plant is very like bindweed, because the more you grub
it out, the more it spreads, and it will strangle such dainties as
astilbes. In all my reading, I've never seen reference to campanula
glomerata being a thug, but it sure is here. The only solution will be to
paint each leaf with RoundUp, when I have a spare week or so.
Hoping I'm not alone with my tales of grief,
Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
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