Nick Maclaren wrote:
> In article <C453D13B.6D2D9%sacha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Sacha <sacha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> |> On 16/5/08 22:01, in article nNmUmtPUYfLIFw3E@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"robert"
> |> <robertNews@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> |>
> |> > The probable alternative is Three cornered leek/garlic (A.
triquetrum)
> |> > as indicated above. A non-native plant which I have noticed is
present
> |> > in quite large drifts at the sides of a local road but has not yet
> |> > reached here.
> |>
> |> Well, this is interesting BUT the OP wants to know how to be rid of
it. I
> |> don't think he's over concerned about its botanical name! So - how
would
> |> you get rid of it?
>
> A quick look through my books indicates that it could also be
> crow garlic! Whatever. There is a difference between ramsons
> and the others, in that the broader leaves block more light and
> rain, but that is all.
>
> As I said, mowing. I have some very invasive lily of the valley
> in a bed (I leave them - the other plants can handle it), but it
> never invades the lawn because it can't stand being mown. The
> garlics are similar. Even bluebells will eventually go from a
> mown area.
>
> But it must be close-mown, starting early in the season.
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
Thanks, Nick. That's a policy that's always worked for me but, like most
things in the garden, it isn't a quick fix.
The fa****on now seems to be to let everything get out of hand, then call
Groundforce for a makeover.
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