catgate Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ummm - did you MEAN to grow them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ummm - did you MEAN to grow them? Oh yes. The one on the right is one of those peculiar "spurge" things. I received the original from someone some years before we moved here and we brought a self sown plant with us. I was originally told it was a wood spurge but I think I may have been misled. The specimen here is itself a self seeded thing that has been growing where it is, since self seeding two years ago. I am not sure just how high they grow but this is the best we have had since we started growing a few about fifteen years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I suppose the one on the right HAS got pretty leaves..........ButquoteECOLOGICAL THREATLeafy spurge displaces native vegetation in prairie habitats and fields through shading and by usurping available water and nutrients and through plant toxins that prevent the growth of other plants underneath it. Leafy spurge is an aggressive invader and, once present, can completely overtake large areas of open land. Need to watch that sap too - it's of the euphorbia family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 ECOLOGICAL THREATLeafy spurge displaces native vegetation in prairie habitats and fields through shading and by usurping available water and nutrients and through plant toxins that prevent the growth of other plants underneath it. Leafy spurge is an aggressive invader and, once present, can completely overtake large areas of open land.It has not yet taken over. In fact the few that have self seeded over the years have only survived a couple of years at most. As far as taking over is concerned as you can see from the back ground it has some competition.There some 15ft. holly bushed, some 20ft hawthorns, some 30ft damsons and 3 big poplars ranging from 40 to 50ft. (bit not all exactly behind it)It has a very amusing seed "pod". It is a triangular affair that goes off with quite a loud "pop", when it is ripe and the weather is warm, and shoots its few seed quite a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 It has a very amusing seed "pod". It is a triangular affair that goes off with quite a loud "pop", when it is ripe and the weather is warm, and shoots its few seed quite a long way.I'll pass - I've got enough trouble with couch grass. We'll have to dig the whole bed out in the autumn - even then I expect there'll still be loads next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I'll pass - I've got enough trouble with couch grass. We'll have to dig the whole bed out in the autumn - even then I expect there'll still be loads next year.Couch grass used to be a pain in the arboretum until Roundup came along a few years ago. Its active ingredient is glyphosate. It will take out almost anything (no ...don't know that it was ever trialled on politicians).It enters the plant via the leaf and then goes down into the roots and kills them. Without the root the tops wither and that is the end of the tale. Any of the weed killer that falls on the ground is inactivated and does not affect any crops that are not showing through. I think it was developed mainly for potato growers. Well a friend of mine who was in charge of the IOM government's Experimental Farm told me so when were visiting in the late 70s. He showed me the results with great satisfaction and joy (now she was a big girl!)These days we civilians can only buy it in diluted READY TO USE form...well it's a wonderful way to sell water at exorbitant prices. But should you happen to come across a friendly farmer.........!! There is no doubt you will get rid of your couch grass and creeping ground elder, docks, dandelions etc etc. With careful spraying you can get rid of lots of stuff in flower beds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I don't think spraying would be the answer. I'd quite like to keep the good plants.Bed on right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 The problem you have is if you leave a little bit of root in the flowers you keep you will start it all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Time to be brutal methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 artist go out in your night attire and I'm sure you will get plenty of help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 artist go out in your night attire and I'm sure you will get plenty of help She sleeps in her skin. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I think that is what rong was getting at. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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