Whilst the violet plant looks pretty enough it's just far too invasive to take pity on it. It literally takes over the entire garden so it has to be anihilated somehow. Lawn feed and weed kills it if you put enough if it down but it also kills the lawn off too!

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:58:45 +0000, clivedown
wrote:

Whilst the violet plant looks pretty enough it's just far too invasive
to take pity on it. It literally takes over the entire garden so it
has to be anihilated somehow. Lawn feed and weed kills it if you put
enough if it down but it also kills the lawn off too!

How about more frequent closer mowing? The one I had was not so flat
growing that it would have survived that.

Pam in Bristol

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On 5 Jul 2005 09:04:15 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

Are you sure that it wasn't the wild Viola odorata? It's not rare.

It was NOT the wild woodland violet, but had bigger leaves, and was
given to me as a scented one, which it was not, to my disappointment.
Not sure which, but it looked nice in the lawn!

Are you sure it didn't smell? - The scent (at least of the cultivated form I
grow) is elusive and some people don't get it at all. The chemicals
involved temporarily knock out the sense of smell so if you don't get it at
first sniff it will be a while before you will get it. It was used a lot in
smellier times as a strewing herb for that reason.
--
Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp
Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.

Left to its own devices it will grow to a height of 8" or so, yet it survives even the closest mowing! It just flattens itself against the grass. Tomorrow I get to the garden centre to buy my Verdone weedkiller and I will keep you posted on the outcome. Thanks very much for your interest and advice.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:24:48 +0100, "Rod Craddock"
wrote:


Are you sure it didn't smell? - The scent (at least of the cultivated form I
grow) is elusive and some people don't get it at all. The chemicals
involved temporarily knock out the sense of smell so if you don't get it at
first sniff it will be a while before you will get it. It was used a lot in
smellier times as a strewing herb for that reason.
--
Rod

No, Rod, I'd heard that but I never could get any smell from it. Very
disappointing!

Pam in Bristol

"clivedown" wrote in message
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Pam Moore Wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:58:45 +0000, clivedown
wrote:
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Whilst the violet plant looks pretty enough it's just far too invasive
to take pity on it. It literally takes over the entire garden so it
has to be anihilated somehow. Lawn feed and weed kills it if you put
enough if it down but it also kills the lawn off too!-

How about more frequent closer mowing? The one I had was not so flat
growing that it would have survived that.

Pam in Bristol

Left to its own devices it will grow to a height of 8" or so, yet it
survives even the closest mowing! It just flattens itself against the
grass. Tomorrow I get to the garden centre to buy my Verdone
weedkiller and I will keep you posted on the outcome. Thanks very much
for your interest and advice.



Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any in
their lawns.

In article ,
"BAC" writes:
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| Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured blossom
| at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two are
| close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if anything,
| greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of course,
| are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
| violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
| bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any in
| their lawns.

How sad for them. Plain grass is just SO passe!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"BAC" writes:
|
| Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
| at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other
two are
| close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
| greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
| are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is
a
| violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
| bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have
any in
| their lawns.

How sad for them. Plain grass is just SO passe!


I have to say, the lawns with the blossom are looking particularly
attractive at the moment.

BAC wrote:

Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any in
their lawns.

This sounds like mallow as opposed to any sort of violet.

It's the bane of our lives here in Suffolk nowadays.

--
Chris Green

Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two
are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any
in
their lawns.



While we're on the subject of violet/purple-coloured flowers in lawns, I've
got another one: it has just started flowering, slightly fleshy, rounded
leaves and a short "loo-brush-shaped" head. Any ideas?

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:23:06 +0100, "datsy"
wrote:


Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two
are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any
in
their lawns.



While we're on the subject of violet/purple-coloured flowers in lawns, I've
got another one: it has just started flowering, slightly fleshy, rounded
leaves and a short "loo-brush-shaped" head. Any ideas?

This first comes to mind.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/e..._selfheal.html

Pam in Bristol

"BAC" wrote in message
...
Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two
are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any
in
their lawns.


All we need are a couple of gardening programmes to extoll the virtues of
the latest thing in lawns being purple flowers and people will be
desperately trying to get these flowers to grow :0)

--
purebred poultry
www.geocities.com/fenlandfowl
"Pam Moore" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:23:06 +0100, "datsy"
wrote:


Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other
two
are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is
a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have
any
in
their lawns.



While we're on the subject of violet/purple-coloured flowers in lawns,
I've
got another one: it has just started flowering, slightly fleshy, rounded
leaves and a short "loo-brush-shaped" head. Any ideas?

This first comes to mind.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/e..._selfheal.html

That's pretty. I think I have some of that growing. I'm one of those odd
gardeners who will keep pretty weeds and don't actually like plain boring
green shaved lawns, neat edges,and flowers planted by the book. If I have a
space I plant summat irregardless of the size, shape etc. My flower garden
is a wild jumble of colours, shapes, sizes etc and I love the fact that it
looks different from different angles.

"pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net wrote in message
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"BAC" wrote in message
...
Three neighbouring (front) garden lawns are full of violet coloured
blossom
at the moment. One lawn is neglected and hardly ever mown, the other two
are
close mown regularly. I would say the density of the plant is, if
anything,
greater in the close mown lawns, although the individual plants, of
course,
are bigger in the neglected lawn. I don't think this particular weed is
a
violet, however, it looks more like campanula glomerata (clustered
bellflower). And those neighbours who use 'weed and feed' don't have any
in
their lawns.


All we need are a couple of gardening programmes to extoll the virtues of
the latest thing in lawns being purple flowers and people will be
desperately trying to get these flowers to grow :0)



Well, it worked with decking :-)

As I've said previously, the purple flower filled lawns are good looking,
IMO. But it's a matter of personal choice whether or not a gardener wants
them. If someone has a dense growth of unwanted sweet violets, for instance,
the way they can spread can drive some people crazy. The chap next door but
one to me has been conducting warfare against a particularly hardy colony
for years, and he hasn't managed a 100% eradication yet. Only this morning,
he was telling me he held me responsible, because he was sure they had
originally been imported along with some fruit bushes I had given him ...

I've now bought a pack of Verdone Extra and sprayed it all over my violets. I think the lawn feed and weed acted as a fertiliser for the violets but killed off huge swathes of lawn surrounding the clumps. Only goes to shows how much I put on them!