In message <C453D13B.6D2D9%sacha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Sacha
<sacha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> I don't think that it will be Ransoms (Allium ursinum) as the flowers
>> although white are not like those of a blue bell - have a look here
>> http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/allium_ursinum_ramsons.htm
>>
>> The Ransoms which abound in the adjacent wood and in our front shrub
>> border (despite annual applications of glyphosate for the last eight
>> years) do not need cru****ng to release their 'perfume' it is just
>> omnipresent. I love wildflowers and try to promote their use in our
>> garden and, whenever I get the op****tunity, elsewhere, but Ransoms most
>> definitely comes under the heading of invasive.
>>
>> 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?
>
I am delighted that you found my post interesting but I am surprised
that you do not appreciate the usefulness of botanical names when
referring to wildflowers in particular, many of which have several
common names, as indicated above for A. triquetrum where I just noted
two of the many common names. In this case it also flags up the fact
that the plants are both of the allium family which could possibly help
in finding a suitable method of disposal. As indicated I have tried
glyphosate to control Ransoms but with only limited success - others
have now indicated that frequent cutting works. It has always been the
case on this newsgroup that we may offer a partial answer or information
that may simply be of interest in response to questions, as I am sure
you are aware.
--
Robert
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