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PITA you planted yourself😡

B3B3 Posts: 24,450
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Don't you have it when something you planted becomes a PITA. There's no one else to blame.
I was given a present of a collection of mixed alliums many years ago. It was bulked out with little bulbs. Foolishly, I planted them. now that allium weed is everywhere !I
I suppose I can blame the person who have me the present.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • FireFire Posts: 17,116
    edited April 2022
    Valerian, valerian, valerian (officinalis).  What a mistake, lovely as the flowers are. It is seeding in every crack, in the decking, the house walls, the pond. It's in love with the garden and has moved in. It should be paying rent. I dread it seeding in next doors' gardens as we will never get rid of it. I would say, if people are not commonly growing a plant in the garden, it's really worth checking why before you put it in. Nobody seems to plant valerian in a garden, and now I know why. Lol.

    Scraggy perennial sweet peas. As others have mentioned, is damn hard to get rid of when it's established.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,740
    edited April 2022
    @B3 I think it was you who kindly sent me some Gardeners' Garters when I was looking for some a few years ago ... in previous gardens with heavy clay it's not been a problem ... in this garden it felt far too much at home ... @WonkyWomble thinks she dug it all out for me the other day ... this morning I see that she's mistaken...
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I have a large garden, so many years ago when we were planting areas, friends would generously give us clumps of this or that saying 'Here, you've got a lot of ground to cover, you'll love this!'
    The hours and hours spent removing those advancing hordes .......... We didn't choose them but were guilty of planting them, thinking they'd keep weeds down until we put in what we really wanted. They became the weeds. 
  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,539
    Common hogweed that I allowed to seed itself in our little wildflower “meadow”.  

    It’s now just about the only plant there, apart from a bit of twitch grass and a few weedy dandelions.
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,756
    Alliums, Verbena Bonariensis, but the worst of all was Horseradish. It had the root from Hell, and it took us half way to Australia to dig it out.
  • B3B3 Posts: 24,450
    Oh dear. Heavy clay here but it spreads a bit but I like it. @Dovefromabove
    I can see it would be a pain where it was happy😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    KeenOnGreen said:
    Alliums, Verbena Bonariensis, but the worst of all was Horseradish. It had the root from Hell, and it took us half way to Australia to dig it out.
    I have thirty+year-old dandelions like that......talk about 'Best in Show'.....we've been on first name terms now for decades but it doesn't stop me trying to get them out.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,740
    B3 said:
    Oh dear. Heavy clay here but it spreads a bit but I like it. @Dovefromabove
    I can see it would be a pain where it was happy😕
    I did warn myself ... several times ... but I took no notice ... 😱🤣
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,046
    After years of keeping it quarantined in a pot, I have finally planted out some Euphorbia cyparissias - hope I don't regret it. It is in sort of a raised bed but I think it might be a good escape artist.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 6,759
    Coreopsis Verticillata - a thug that self-seeded everywhere and took several years to eradicate.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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