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with the large leaves? Is so, take heart. It used to be here and it isn't now. My equivalent is enchanter's nightshade. Quite pretty but as invasive as ground elder. The person who gave it to me warned me but I didn't take it seriously. by auntyconcrete2

13/11/2012 15:54:27

by nutcutlet

Marigolds in the veg patch

that they keep some pests at bay. I plant marigolds in the veg patch, tagetes in the greenhouse for tomatoes and am just about to put tagetes minutiae (sp!) to try & combat some ground elder. Thanks for the tip about summer savory for broad bean - I sowed lots by Verdun

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09/05/2013 00:33:57

by Verdun

Bluebells- Spanish or English?

. That worked a treat for me on MIL's garden a few years ago. It also got rid of ground elder in her lawn! Hi Pauline I've found that bulbs are often sold very young so will flower eventually if left for a few years (had this with frits and daffs by Hollie- Hock

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21/04/2012 09:59:18

by shell007

Plants or weeds?

't get the pic to come big enough to see. The second looks like a buttercup. We should have had this forum when I had my first garden. I was nurturing ground elder til my MIL turned up and recognised it I would agree with nutcutlet the second one by missimaxo

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11/03/2013 09:29:55

by nutcutlet

Compost heap

carboard good with your lawn cuttings, and weeds whch are not dreadful things like dock or ground elder. Egg shells, crushed, are good, all yur vegetable peelings etc. of course, the garden will rovide plenty in due course, just keep lightening the load by Rocket60

12/05/2013 19:21:45

by Tootsietim

Lesser Celandine

before - no good showing their faces if its a white border There is a white version of it though. Not in my garden More this year than last All gone by summer though I can swap you for ground elder No nor creeping buttercup thankyou very much nor by Pam11

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04/03/2013 07:59:12

by lovetogarden

Talkback: How to grow dahlias from seed

and my garden is smothered in ground elder as my neighbours think it's ground cover and leave it to romp all over the place. my peonies are comming up nicely though even though they have to put up with heavy clay, enjoy all these little tit bits by marghinds

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01/05/2012 19:16:42

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Scraping the barrel

position such as under a large conifer. There are more attractive cultivars of both. The Variegated ground elder I have myself and although it has got very invasive tendencies - again it can fit the bill when isolated in a semi wild area and has very by Steve

28/11/2011 18:29:41

by James A-S

Talkback: Elderflowers

come and perch on the line and do their business. If you leave the ground alone the next year up will pop lots of hawthorns and elderberries etc. James, I find it a stupid comment that eldeflower is a weed, it's got herbal properties and it is no weed by Matthew Wheeler

28/11/2011 18:36:28

by Loopy

Belts and Braces.

and braces or should i just use the stone? Also does anyone think i would be "sufficating" the soil beneath without regular addition of organic mulch? Help please. I don't like weed matting on beds but if you've got to keep down something like ground elder I by Lawrence G

20/03/2013 20:49:14

by gardengirl6

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