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Is this Garlic Mustard, Jack-by-the-hedge?

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  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,938
    edited May 2021
    Lord, yes.

    If you value your sanity, don’t let it grow in your garden. Each plant will release a million seeds and each seed will grow into a fine healthy plant which will, in its turn, produce a million seeds.


    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • PeterJarvisPeterJarvis Posts: 113
    pansyface said:
    Lord, yes.

    If you value your sanity, don’t let it grow in your garden. Each plant will release a million seeds and each seed will grow into a fine healthy plant which will, in its turn, produce a million seeds.


    It's okay. It's from the hedgerow and nowhere near the garden. Thanks for the tip.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,046
    I don’t find it a problem ... it stays in its corner ... the orange tip caterpillars need it and we’ve seen so many orange top butterflies here this spring ... I’m glad we’ve got a small patch of Jack by the Hedge in the corner behind the pond. Seedlings are easy enough to weed out if they appear where they’re not wanted. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,938
    It’s when they germinate in the middle of a delphinium or something dense and tufty like that, I find them almost impossible to pull out. And they have a tap root that lingers in there and then regrows just to surprise you the following spring.


    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 84,046
    It’s not been that adventurous here ... so far 🤞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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