In message o.uk, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:44:22 +0100, louisxiv wrote:

To kill it off is it enough to break it off at ground level or is the
root system the type that will keep send up new leaves the way
dandelions do?

It will regrow from any bit of root left in the ground, so digging it
out isn't normally succesful, neither is just removing the greenery
unless you are really persistent about removal of all new growth.

Weedkiller will get it, eventually. We have a some in one bed that is
sprayed every year, from being the dominant plant in the bed a couple
of years ago it's now just a few leaves in a much smaller area.

Pretty sure ground elder is not related to the elder tree family.


Ground elder is an umbellifer (that is related to cow parsley, hogweed
and hemlock, inter alia). Nowadays elder is in Adoxaceae (with moschatel
and viburnum). Both are campanulids, but that's a pretty large group of
plants (also includes holly, ivy, bellflowers, teasel and daisies, inter
alia).
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Stewart Robert Hinsley