Thursday, June 16, 2005

Creeping Bellflower

Isn't she beautiful? Delicate little bells swaying in the wind.

That is what I thought when my MIL offerred me a few plants. Within three years, those few plants turned into hundreds and I spent most of last season attempting to eradicate this obnoxious weed from my rock wall garden where it was running rampant.
I began by digging out the roots (see below), but soon realized that it would take the remainder of my life to get them all. I finally had to resort to using RoundUp, which was quite effective. There are still a few popping up this year, but I hit them with RoundUp as I find them. I still have this pest in my other gardens, where it has intertwined itself among many other plants and * will have to decide whether to risk losing most of the other plants by spraying the RoundUp or letting it go another year.

All I can say is DO NOT EVER, EVER, EVER PLANT CREEPING BELLFLOWER!!!! IT WILL HAUNT YOU FOR LIFE!

5 comments:

  1. Do you think they'd be nice in a bed of their own?

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  2. I have done what Kasmira has suggested with ribbon grass, which was taking over my garden. It is now in a separate bed with a rock wall all around it. Now I can enjoy it...I had begun to hate it before containing it!

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  3. The rock wall and "containment" makes me think of wild animals at the zoo. Funny to imagine those zoo cages filled with thug plants.

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  4. If I ever get rid of this, I will never let it within 2 miles of my gardens!!! LOL

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  5. Sounds like my neighbours Virgianai Creeper the more I cut it off my side of the fence the faster it grow. And it is infested with aphids which I am trying to keep off my roses.

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