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!
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Do you think they'd be nice in a bed of their own?
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteThe rock wall and "containment" makes me think of wild animals at the zoo. Funny to imagine those zoo cages filled with thug plants.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever get rid of this, I will never let it within 2 miles of my gardens!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteSounds 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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