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Old 31-05-2007, 07:08 PM posted to rec.gardens
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spampot ""spampot\"@NO SPAM orph.org" expounded:

Ann wrote:
spampot ""spampot\"@NO SPAM orph.org" expounded:

This tall purple-blooming plant belongs to a friend, who wants to know
what it is. I have no idea. Anyone?


That looks like a capanula, and if it's the one I think it is
(commonly known as Lady Bells) I'd rip it out quickly. But make sure
you get the 'carrot' that'll be down about eight or more inches.
Invasive, horrible things. "Oh, but they're so pretty" one of my
clients says. My mother and I have spent days trying to rid her
garden of them. They keep coming back. GRRRRR


Is it a campanula glomerata? I googled campanula tall purple invasive
and that's what I came up with.


It could be. I've had them both and spent many, many hours getting
rid of them. Glomerata was only marginally less invasive than its
cousin.
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