I wish I could steel myself to leave the creeping buttercup and couch grass, but the mild weather over the last two months or so has encouraged them both to spread madly and they have come up through the roots/corms/rhizomes of other plants such as Echinops, Day Lilies and Iris.
The couch grass in the Day Lilies is particularly difficult to remove and it continues to come through year after TTyear.
I don't mind leaving ox eye daisies in places, as they are lovely to look at and easy to remove if necessary.
That sounds like a good plan, it's good to remove these spreading plants otherwise the can take over! I remove a good amount of them in the garden area every year too. Just don't worry too much in areas I know the other plants can outcompete them.
Yes around about now I start to want to cut things but hold myself back until at least a bit later in February, usually by which point winter storms and snow have flattened everything form last year anyway. I always love it when the leaves from last year have disappeared into the ground :)
yay 🎉 someone else who sees gardening as influencing a large, hugely wild, coherent organism
Ooh I love that description
Great idea "tip toeing" around. I found my first snowdrop yesterday. Spring is coming.....
I didn't tip toe enough as I trod on some daffodil shoots with crunch yesterday lol
Hope you are feeling better after your "lurgy"
I am yes thank you 🙏🏼
Oh heck......
I wish I could steel myself to leave the creeping buttercup and couch grass, but the mild weather over the last two months or so has encouraged them both to spread madly and they have come up through the roots/corms/rhizomes of other plants such as Echinops, Day Lilies and Iris.
The couch grass in the Day Lilies is particularly difficult to remove and it continues to come through year after TTyear.
I don't mind leaving ox eye daisies in places, as they are lovely to look at and easy to remove if necessary.
That sounds like a good plan, it's good to remove these spreading plants otherwise the can take over! I remove a good amount of them in the garden area every year too. Just don't worry too much in areas I know the other plants can outcompete them.
That's reassuring to know. I agree about the Pulmonaria. That is good at suppressing unwanted weeds.
I also grow Comfrey, which pretty much suppresses everything and I had to rescue a Hellebore recently, which had been completely smothered!
Oh yes, Comfrey is a toughie isn't it! It even outcompetes the vigorous meadow grasses here.
Yes around about now I start to want to cut things but hold myself back until at least a bit later in February, usually by which point winter storms and snow have flattened everything form last year anyway. I always love it when the leaves from last year have disappeared into the ground :)