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.

They won't spread by digging them up - they seed nicely though, and the
bulbs will divide, think - though I might be wrong about that.

The bulbs often grow from quite a depth, though.

Now if they're native bluebells, there are dozens of people on this
nesgroup who would love to tae the bulbs from you.

If they are Spanish, then no-one's going to cry if you paint the leaves
with glyphosate,

Native bluebells are slightly smaller, have thinner stems, and the
flowers all hang predominately from one side of the stem.

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Rusty