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Re: Star-of-Bethlehem

I'm assuming by star-of-bethelhem you mean a tiny bulb that sends up
bright green grassy leaves and small white 5-pointed flowers.

My primary experience has been that first among the things it crowds
out is *itself*.  In fairly short order, it produces a mat of bulbs so
thick there is very little dirt left between them and it fails to
bloom. I've found these dense patches to pretty much stay put.
Haven't found it wildly invasive; I've got bittersweet, bindweed, wild
onion and oregano for that ;-(
   
   According to a local gardening expert, “Star-of-Bethlehem ... behaves like a
   shark in the garden: it displaces everything. The only way to grow
   Ornithogalum is to find a place where nothing will grow, then
   star-of-Bethlehem will”. He implies that it will kill anything around it.
   Does this include shrubs and trees as well as flowers, or am I safe planting
   it around an azalea or dogwood tree and controlling it with edging and the
   lawn mower? I’m in zone 7, MD.
   
   
   Rob Smith
   
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