On 09/05/2012 00:20, S Viemeister wrote:
On 5/8/2012 5:42 PM, Sacha wrote:

I love Alchemilla mollis and we have a lot of it in this garden - the
more the merrier! I've never seen Alchemilla alpina but will look for
some now. It seems very pretty and another good ground cover.

I though it looked quite nice too.

Oh, I think it's very pretty, but (in _my_ garden, anyway) it behaves
like a thug. It sneaks up on other plants and attempts to devour them,
and relocating it isn't easy. In may cases, it isn't possible.

It is a bit of a thug on clay soil here. But easily zapped.

Red valerian, centranthus ruber is even more of a thug but I let a fair
amount of it grow because of the butterflies its flowers bring in.

Both set copious amounts of seed.

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Regards,
Martin Brown