Try This
- Hi all, I am tring plastic bags over the plants I do not want. They are supose to burn them and deprive them of oxygen. Good luck!!
- —Guest Katieb46
black eyed susans
- I bought a black eyed susan this morning; can I plant it in a container, and other prolific flower and come up next year?
- —Guest Judi Atteberry
Mint
- Mint takes over so much ground and keeps coming. Vinca ground cover does just that, covers every inch of ground it can find. I keep cutting it back and pulling it up but it keeps growing. Round up doesn't help either.
- —Guest Daisie
Mint
- You can't just plant one. he first house I owned, I thought it would be cool to plant some mint. Bad mistake! After a year or so, the mint took over the garden and it took me several seasons to get rid of all of it. I think that's the definition of a weed, isn't it?
- —Guest Jean
LOL - been there done that.
- I have had encounters with all of the plants mentioned so far. One of the worst however is perrenial morning glory. Gorgouse blue flowers but the sigle most envasive plant I have ever had to combat. And Hardy. I plant it before I leave a house if a landlord has really pissed me off.
- —Guest Mersix
Bleeding Heart
- Bleeding heart its poping up everywhere dig it out back it comes wish it would dissapear.
- —Guest pearls
Yarrow and Morning Glory
- I most regret ever planting yarrow and morning glories in my gardens. The yarrow has taken over whole areas and has to be pulled or dug out often, as it keeps sending out new little plants. The morning glories seeds have lived in the soil for years, as I only had them on purpose one year, and keep pulling out the new seedlings as they appear. It seems that after every rain, up come a few more new ones! So, unless you truly love these plants, don't plant them; you'll live with them for years to come if you do. Happy gardening!
- —Guest srapp1@columbus.rr.com
tiger lilies
- They spread out and kill bushes and other plants. They are hard to dig up
- —Guest christine acerno
Invasive plants
- No one mentioned HORSERADISH! Reported to be effective controlling garden pests, KEEP IT CONTAINED!
- —Guest gardencrazy
Bellflower
- It blooms so pretty but takes over the whole flower bed, will never get rid of it!
- —Guest SueJ
Loosetrife
- LOOSETRIFE..SORRY I EVER GOT STARTED WITH THIS INVASIVE PLANT. IT ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION BECAUSE OF ITS PROLIFIC/GRACEFUL FLOWERING IN A FRIEND'S GARDEN.. THAT WAS THE GREATEST MISTAKE MADE IN YEARS OF GARDENING.. TOO INVASIVE,, CAN'T GET RID OF IT...
- —Guest ATTNANN@AOL.COM
Mint, Yellow Loosestrife
- Not realizing how it spread, I planted mint in my flower garden as a new bride 16 years ago... I have been fighting with it ever since! And I would never have planted Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia Punctata, Circle Flower) in my flower beds had I known that it would be so difficult to contain. The roots are so woody that it is hard to get the whole plant. One little piece left in the ground, and off it goes again. "Loosestrife", indeed! There's also some kind of blue campanula (rapunculoides, I think) that came as a hitchhiker with a slip of something from my grandmother that has been difficult to control, but not as bad as the other two.
- —Guest donzetta
Creeping Bellflower
- I didn't plant it -- the previous property owner did but it is virtually impossible to get rid of. Totally nasty. For those of you that want to avoid it its Campanula rapunculoides. Pretty flowers but bad, bad plant.
- —Guest Rebecca
Goldenrod...
- Looks great for a little while... Re-seeds and spreads like crazy til you have gobs of ugly brown headed weeds!!
- —Guest mknox59@yahoo.com
what not to grow
- CANNA LILLIES!!! Rhizomes are hard to get rid of no matter how deep you dig. Don't plant next to you house because it'll find water and ruin your house pipes. It's gorgous in the summer--very tropical feel but in the fall/winter, you have to chop it down to the base and then it spreads everywhere!
- —Guest Guest Genevieve
