greengrass writes

Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\) Wrote:
"greengrass" wrote in message
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I have a lot of wild garlic mustard plants growing in my yard.I let
them
grow till the flowers fade then I pull them up. i get them every
spring,after that its a little tough keepingthings growing inthose
spots. those spots are under a group of 13 tulip poplar trees. does
recomend something that would grow well in the same spot with flowers
and about a foot or two tall and bloom in late summer or fall. still
working on that engish garden.


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greengrass
Yes I know the problem. The ground is moist/wet and lets the garlic
thrive
in the spring. The trees leaf and the ground gets dry and shaded by
which
time the garlic has died back leaving a fairly blank area.
Does that fit your situation with 13 (you did say 13 ) tulip poplars?
Without a bit of judicious culling of garlic (digging up) it will
eventually
out compete most other plants.
Some of the plants listed for dry shade may be OK for you.
http://tinyurl.com/ql5rj

Yeh, thats what happens alright. afterwards it's tough getting things
to grow in those same spots. what do you usually put in those areas? I
try a coulple of things and see what happens. I really don't mindthe
way they look, in groups , a straight height withsmall with white
flowers, but they are invasive as hell. I heard they're susposed to
have some kind of medicinel purpose as well. thanks.


I don't suppose it makes a lot of difference, but is it garlic mustard
you have (member of the cabbage family), or wild garlic (onion family,
one or two broad green leaves coming from the ground and stem with a
cluster of white flowers? IME, garlic prefers it damper than garlic
mustard. Garlic mustard grows and flowers a bit later in the year than
wild garlic.

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Kay