Is it possible to ever eradicate this once you’ve got it? (And what is it?)

Fire · June 2018

I'm not quite sure which thing you are asking about, but the clover-leaf type plant is oxalis. It takes some getting rid of. Make sure none of it flowers and hoik it out whenever you see it and you will get there in the end.

I tried getting rid of mine but gave up in the end, deciding it was quite pretty and inoffensive. I pull it out of raised beds and pots when I see it.

Dovefromabove · June 2018

I pull it out when I see it ... but I think it's a fact of life ... it's there and I try not to get steamed up about it.

LauraRoslin · June 2018

I didn't know you were supposed to pull it out! I do if it's in a place I don't want it to be, like surrounding plants I've paid for but otherwise I tend to leave it alone as it's quite pretty.

Fire · June 2018

You're not supposed to pull it out. As it gets everywhere control freaks might try to choose where it grows.

Paula J · June 2018

Oxalis thank you. I’m not sure what’s meant by not pulling it out.....does it spread worse?

Dovefromabove · June 2018

Some of us decide to live and let live a bit ... even with plants that tidier gardeners call weeds

B3 · June 2018

You'll scatter the little bulbs.
I'm with the others.I pick it out of pots and hoe it if it's in the way in the ground. I treat them like celandine. If you've got them, you've got them. If you hoe off the leaves you can't see them and you can forget about them til next year.

Guernsey Donkey2 · June 2018

Same for me, I live with it, but pull it out if I am feeling inclined to do so. It is not offensive but annoys me if I find some growing in a pot or a special weed free area.

Is it possible to ever eradicate this once you’ve got it? (And what is it?)

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