Jo wrote:
We moved into a new house not so long ago and are just discovering
what's going to pop up in our new weed-filled, slightly overgrown
garden. We have bluebells - hundreds of them and they are taking
over the whole garden, appearing in every possible corner and working
themselves across the grass! As much as they look very pretty I don't
want them all over the garden. I have searched for other posts about these
invasive plants, but
can't seem to find any original threads.

Is there a way of keeping them at bay? We have a huge amount of work
(clearing) to do in this garden and I fear that all the digging up
will just spread them further.


I don't know about the lawn, but I've inherited lots of them and found you
can just pull out the ones you don't want. Now they're down to manageable
numbers and a rather pretty accent to my bumbling attempts to produce an
attractive garden. They're easy to dig out with a trowel. There were
zillions initially. And poppies. I could've knocked Afghanistan out of the
heroin market with my initial poppy farm.

I also found out on this ng that something I thought might be a weed was
aquilegia, and now I wish I hadn't pulled as many of them up as I did.

I'd also be happy to give anybody as much creeping buttercup as they'd like.


Ian