In message <YzfXj.15221$U61.1975@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, stuart noble
<stuart_noble@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>Sacha wrote:
>> On 16/5/08 12:06, in article 3XdXj.3235$4B6.255@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"stuart
>> noble" <stuart_noble@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Nick Maclaren wrote:
>>>> In article <xCdXj.34849$q96.11672@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>> stuart noble <stuart_noble@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>> |>
>>>> |> That just leaves the onion weed, which is occupying the shady side
of
>>>> |> what should be the lawn. The grass stops where the weed starts, so
I
>>>> |> guess it's preventing the grass from growing. Any advice on that
front?
>>>>
>>>> Onion weed? I think that we need a bit more information :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nick Maclaren.
>>> Looks like a white bluebell and smells strongly when crushed. Allium
>>> triquetum I think.
>>> As I said, I'm working from memory here. Very frustrating :-)
>> Aka Ransoms or wild garlic. Dig it up or spray it seems to be the
>>only way.
>> I rather like it so when I had it in a previous garden, I always kept
some
>> of it. But it absolutely fills the verges of some of the lanes round
here.
>
>Thanks for the positive ID. If I thought it would behave itself in a
>lawn, I might leave it alone, but I'm beginning to wonder if the
>antiseptic properties might actually deter other plants. It certainly
>looks that way
Allium triquetum and Ramsoms (Allium ursinum) are not the same thing.
Neither looks like a bluebell to my eyes, but (pictures of) Allium
triquetum looks closer. (I've only seem the latter in the phloem.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://florulaprima.blogspot.com
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