On 17/5/08 12:20, in article N6IuLSDs9rLIFwQP@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"robert"
<robertNews@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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.
Oh dear.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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