Buttercups
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Buttercups have found their way into my garden this year, they have flowered before I got around to pulling the out. They look quite nice actually, but I assume they are invasive perennials that need removing immediately?
Heres the buttercups in my garden...
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OUT out out ..the bain of my life, I spend half my gardening time digging the things out. Make sure you get all the roots out.
Ditto LeadF!!!
My front 'lawn' consists of mainly them, daisies and dandelions with a bit of speedwell, moss and who knows what else! The creeping runners get into every nook and cranny.
Not for much longer once the rain hits that weed n feed! It's obviously had little attention by previous owner but I like a challenge
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I quite like buttercups. If they were a rare exotic everyone would want them.
Hmm. I'm sure someone thought Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam were a good idea too.
Fields of buttercups opposite our house look lovely.
I agree, horrible stuff just spreads and spreads and spreads until it completely takes over. I started with just one little patch under the apple trees and left them cos I thought they looked quite pretty ... BIG mistake!
Meadow buttercups are much more restrained. Taller too.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Did anyone see Springwatch last night, comparing the creeping buttercups with the Meadow variety - lovely pic of Chris Packham flat on his back in a field of golden buttercups
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think that's the key - lovely in a field, thug in a border! (Buttercups, not Mr Packham
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