Advice on Creeping Bellflower?
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Need advice re: creeping charlie ASAP!!
Comments (2)Triclopyr takes weeks and weeks of spraying to get it under control. In your case, glyphosate is the best choice. Buy the stuff from Tractor Supply under their brand Groundworks 41% glyphosate. Mix it per the instructions and add some plain old dish detergent to help it stick. It's much cheaper than the brand name Round Up and will kill CC. Spray it when you won't be getting any rain for at least a couple days. The hotter the temperature the better it works. All you need is a good mist on the leaves of the plant. From there the leaves take it into the root to kill it. Expect a week to 2 weeks to see results as it takes some time to get the herbicide from the leaves to the roots and with creeping charlie you have to kill the roots or the stuff comes right back.. For most herbicides including Glyphosate, they work best when the plant is healthy and actively growing. This way the plant takes in more of the herbicide straight to the roots. You really need the folliage to absorb the herbicide. Sounds to me like you need to seek out another master gardener....See MoreCreeping Phlox or Creeping Juniper?
Comments (6)daylillies range from the short hybrids with 'fans'( the leaves) only a foot or so tall, to the local 'ditch' lilly, which can have 40" fan in full sun, and the flowers are right in my face in the summer (I'm 5'7") the ditch lilies have the advantage of being cheap or free- and they spread freely in anything short of drought conditions. but they are the tallest. the forsythia is a full shrub, can get 8' square without thinking about it, or can be pruned to shape. they can also be propagated by 'stapling' a branch to the ground, and letting it root. in a full sun condition, there are a few other choices- spiderwort spreads like hateful gossip in the sun, forms dense clumps, and I'm in love with the deep violet-blue flowers...and if you planted it now, you could dig the clump up in september, divide it, spread it out, and have six or either clumps by next spring ( if you're in Bucks Co close, I can provide them for a fraction of what the nursery will want for them) gout weed (I prefer the name 'false lamium' which sounds a little less painful) is another damned aggressive monster that's impossible to kill, and isn't unattractive- green and white striped foliage, spreads by seeds, runners, and roots, not too tall (the stems fall over when they get about 14" tall, and tend to root where they touch the ground) groundcover roses is a lovely, but pricey option. Rocks, since you're a local, can be a good option to interplant with the plants. the upright sedums are also a viable choice for a slope around here- mine came from a single leaf I plucked from a roadside planting, it was a cauliflower-sized clump that fall, and it roots REALLY fast- you can break a 'branch' off and it will root in the dirt in a week with no trouble at all....See MorePlease help with creeping bellflower
Comments (2)Does this help? Vera Here is a link that might be useful: Creeping Bellflower...See MoreIs this by chance Creeping Bellflower? Campanula rapunculoides?
Comments (5)Thanks very much, all of you. I appreciate the advice about digging wide and deep, and not just yanking the roots as it's clear from what you've said I will only get replication of the plant. It sounds like it's going to be quite a job because it is next to a dry-laid stone retaining wall. I will be sure to bag every scrap of plant material and dispose of it in the trash. I have already enough invasive thug plants -- lady bells (adenophera), Cyprus spurge, self-heal, and a neighbor's Japanese knotweed....See Morebeegood_gw
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