Hi,

Im Daz and Im new to the site, been gardening since I was 15, but im mainly a plantsman first, and gardener second. ie I like to do the easy pretty parts, and let someone else do the hard work.

Anyway, I have a problem with Bindweed.

When I first moved to my house, the entire back garden was gravelled, so no weeds, grass etc.

I had the gravel removed and planted up most of the garden, it is now jam packed with plants, but im starting to have a problem with bindweed.

I have a large border filled with Hemerocallis, Iris, Gunnera, Giant Scabious and Acanthus, which bulges by mid summer, however it is being taken over by bindweed, it is literally in every and around everything, also starting to get buttercups popping up everywhere in some areas.

I start spraying systemic weedkiller onto the bindweed early in the season, but it seems to have little effect, and by mid summer the plants are covered in it, I can no longer spray at that time due to the amount of plants I have.

I have chip barked the area deeply, but it makes no difference.

As plants will start coming into growth within the next few months, I just wanted to know if there is a better way of ridding myself of this weed, its driving me insane and is ruining my huge collection of day lilies.

I was thinking of collecting my old newspapers, wetting this and wrapping around the plants as they start to come into growth, then cover the rest of the bare area in newspaper, then chip barking again, but wonder if this will do any good?

Thanks for any advice.

Daz