Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Bye, bye Lynchnis...

It was a morning of yanking out Rose Campion. I timed it with the yard debris collection.  My compost bin is already overflowing. Even though I did crunch half of it with my grinder .
Rose has been very useful, but some of it had to go. 

A long sprinkling on the bare area, which isn't as huge as last year, when I started planting this area.

I hope I got them out before they've had a chance to throw out more seed.  I'm sure something will take advantage of this clearing, probably more Lychnis or a few hundred For-get-me-nots .

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  1. Fortunately for us, the Lychnis and forget-me-nots are easily pulled out, as world domination is in their DNA.

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    1. Ricki, Not all of them , the ones near the Erygiums were very tricky to get at .

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  2. Yes bye bye Lychnis! Indeed. I'm with you! They are fine in small doses for me but oh boy do they reseed everywhere.

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    1. Tamara, I'm trying to fill in the area, before they have a chance of taking over again.

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  3. Somehow you can develop a love hate relationship with rose campion. Some years back I thought it was spreading too much so I uprooted most of it. This spring I just had two plants left, a red and a white, and I think I should have more!

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    1. Alain, I'm sure next year your two plants will leave you many more !

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