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Identifying and getting rid of lillies

nickystepneynickystepney Posts: 3
in Problem solving
I think this plant is an arum italicum pinctum but can someone confirm this for me please?
It has grown in our garden undisturbed for years but then we decided to do some work in this area of our garden and since then this plant has not stopped multiplying.  It is incredibly invasive and is now popping up in other areas of the flower beds and the grass.  My question is how to get rid of it completely?  We've tried using weed killer, digging it up from the roots but nothing seems to work.  We just don't want it taking over the garden.  Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks. Nicky

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  • nickystepneynickystepney Posts: 3

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    just keep digging and making sure you remove all the corms, even the tiny ones


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nickystepneynickystepney Posts: 3
    thanks, we've tried that but we probably haven't gone deep enough then - the tiny little corms just seem to keep appearing.  Guess we will have to keep digging

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited March 2019
    You're not alone - I noticed one in my garden best part of 10 years ago, I removed it, but every year there are more and more coming up in the exact same spot at the base of a tiny flowering cherry.
    I've tried glyphosphate (Roundup etc) which has no effect.
    They start to appear in late autumn and continue to pop up throughout the winter and spring until around May. I try and dig out, but often the bulblet can be 12" or more below the soil, or they come up amongst perennials so are impossible to remove.
    I hoe the tops of every few days as they appear or pull the tops off if they in the middle of a root crown, but I don't know a way of killing them.

    I can only assume that there are plants locally, wood pigeons eat the seed then deposit it as most seem to come up at the base of fences.

    PS Yes it is Arum italicum

    Billericay - Essex

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    they're persistent 
    I lift gently with a fork, not a spade or you can cut off the corms and just get the leaves. Seems to me the earlier in their season you tackle them the more like the corms are to stay on the stems


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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