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Old 24-04-2017, 03:06 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Do snakeshead fritillaries bite?

On 11/04/2017 08:35, Nick Maclaren wrote:
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Jeff Layman wrote:
On 10/04/17 23:49, Janet wrote:

Lucky you to have both doing well :-)


Yes. They are both lovely plants. Some things I can't grow, of
course.

They love you or hate you. I've put them in several spots in various
gardens and after a few years they disappeared.


Yes. The trouble is that, where they like the conditions, they are
the most appallingly invasive thugs. I didn't mind them taking over
most of the bed too much, but they are burrowing under a path,
undermining a patio and taking over the lawn. Slight exaggerations,
but not that much.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


I love, but am being invaded by, Lily of the Valley. Barriers no
object, as you have discovered. Thus far I haven't been bitten by Snakes
Head Fritillaries, neither have I planted them near LotV, nor noticed
them repel other plants. I shall be taking notice now!

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