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BikerBabe

28/09/2012 at 22:17

Yes they are beautiful, so beautiful I fall soft and think I will leave them just a little longer to enjoy the flowers

Then before I know it, they have taken over and colonised the rose bed and the herb garden...........

My advise is to dig them up as soon as they arrive in spring and keep up with it if you can! Wish I could listen to my own advise

Andrew Earl2

22/02/2013 at 20:26

muddy mare

23/02/2013 at 04:35

i have been digging it up for the last 12 months ! I swear it leaps from the lawn on a parachute during the dark hours!!

BobTheGardener

23/02/2013 at 11:34

Not only does it spread by runners, but also by seeds which stay viable in the ground for many many years and germinate every time the soil is turned, so leaving it for those fleetingly pretty yellow flowers is not a particularly good idea! The damn stuff also keeps growing all winter and is a nightmare on my clay soil; Clearing it from the veg plots is a constant battle. Not a fan.

obelixx

23/02/2013 at 13:31

Clearing it from anywhere is a constnat battle here. Ghastly stuff.

clogherhead

23/02/2013 at 18:04

Hi , why not use a systemic weed killer , half fill a jam jar with weed killer and washing up liquid and put leading stem of the plant into the solution and cover the jar so as none off your pets can get at it hopefully this will solve your problem ,it worked for in getting of bindweed

Derek

hollie hock

23/02/2013 at 19:10

Hate the stuff, I try and deal with it as soon as I see it but there is always more.

Sandra Baxter

17/04/2013 at 17:06

I have been told that the plant that appears now and disappears within approximately a month to six weeks is a variety of wild buttercup. It is impossible to get rid of and creeps round other plants but then disappears with no apparent harm being done. The yellow petals are shaped differently to buttercups and it is more ground cover. The leaves are heart shaped and the roots are part dandelion type but with little seeds attached. They look a little like minature potatoes. Does this ring a bell with anyone, and what can I do to get rid of it. It isn't too unsightly but anything that is growing at this time of year can't be seen until it goes.

Verdun

17/04/2013 at 18:24

Vigilance and persistence is the solution to buttercup.
Digging it thoroughly or spraying.
The worst possible place for,it is amongst hardy geranium as the leaves are similar and totally entwined. I dig up the geranium and pull apart and pot up clean pieces.
I have eradicated it from my garden this way but a friend, who is less persistent, has a real issue with it. Dig out every piece as soon as seen

hollie hock

17/04/2013 at 19:39

http://s4.gardenersworld.com/uploads/images/original/22226.jpg?width=187&height=269&mode=max

I still hate creeping buttercup. With the warmer weather and the rain, I'm seeing loads of it emerge once again. I do try digging it out but it has really tough root system so I do resort to painting weedkiller on it.

If it looks like this, I would try and get rid of it as soon as possible

BobTheGardener

17/04/2013 at 19:54

Sandra, the plant you describe is Celandine. The problem with that one are the tiny bulbous tubers which are easily spread by any kind of planting or digging near a clump. RHS advice here:

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=187

Karen 18

19/05/2013 at 16:14

Hello FlamingJune,

If it just looked pretty and didn't swamp all the other plants, flowers and other beautiful wild flowers it could stay. However, nothing else has a chance to grow. It can be 15" above ground strangling anything in its vincinity and have a root system just as deep as it is tall above ground. I am all for nature, I am creating a wood, a garden, a wildlife pond, a wild area, and vegetable plot but the creeping buttercup is 'spoiling everything'. Do I just give in and let it take over the whole of my garden??

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