"Rupert" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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Anyone any ideas as to how to stop this rampant weed?

Now getting into all the ground hugging plants.

Mike

Soleirolia soleirolli ?
I never realised anyone thought of this plant as a weed (honest). I have a
garden full of this stuff and actively encourage it to grow . It acts as a
living mulch on my fast draining rocky soil.
It appears to be quite well behaved and stays about a few inches high
except
in really wet areas where it can be more rampant.
Having said all that I am the chap that actually likes Heracleum
mantegazzianum

Picking this stuff out of the path is a task I give my boys (8, 5 and 3) to
do when they want to "help" in the garden, as it keeps them out of mischief
and off the borders. It does cling to and cover rocks quite attractively, so
I tolerate it in one corner. Also, I just found some self-set cyclamen
seedlings amongst S. soleiroli in cracks between some rocks, having failed
utterly to get any seeds to germinate in pots, so it might just have a use
after all.

Duncan