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Phygelius capensis (cape figwort) - beware!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's appeal palls after you've dug out a few five foot runners with rooted plants  dotted all along the length.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    B3 said:
    It's appeal palls after you've dug out a few five foot runners with rooted plants  dotted all along the length.
    And some branch-thick roots from which thinner roots go straight down as well as along!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    It sounds like a nightmare
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    To add to the joy, it is very prone to capsid bugs that riddle the leaves with holes and leave a revolting tarry substance on the flower buds.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @Lyn - your acanthus needs stress to flower.  In your rich soil and moist climate all you'll get is leaves.  I had the same problem in the Belgian garden.   Bet it would do well here tho.  I've seen it growing in dust at the base of church walls and flowering its socks off in great tall spikes.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    I googled it and Oh dear i have a large cape fuschia and so many little ones popping everywhere  :open_mouth:

    @B3 how did you get rid of it?

    It isn't really a fuschia i think. Fuschia stays where you plant it. 
    South West London
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I dug it out. The bits growing too close to the fence to dig out, I just cut off every time they sprouted until they gave up. I suppose you could use weedkiller, but I never do.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • newbie77newbie77 Posts: 1,838
    And yes i never buy anything with creeping in its name !!!
    South West London
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Good plan😀
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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