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Am I mad?

punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
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I have just planted a variegated Ground Elder.
It is in dense dry shade in my small Beech wood, where I need some lighter foliage.
What do you think?
How can you lie there and think of England
When you don't even know who's in the team

S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You might be later😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    Yes, that’s insane. Though I’ve never seen variegated. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Looked it up. Apparently it's 'less invasive' whatever that means.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    I’ve just read something says it seeds the green GE, not the variegated version. Risky! 
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Be interested to hear how it goes. I have a large area under a huge ash tree where only plants which tolerate the driest and poorest of soils grow properly and anything which is ' ground cover foliage' would be very welcome.

    Not near any other beds so it shouldn't escape into the rest of the garden.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited July 2020
    No @punkdoc.  It's lovely.   I had it in my Belgian garden in damp shade (tho sunny around the summer solstice) and it was gorgeous, underneath some roses and mixed up with forget-me-nots and geranium macrorrhizum Ingwersen's variety and nectaroscordum.   

    Easy to pull up if it strayed and also once it started looking a bit tatty.    
    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
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    B3 said:
    Looked it up. Apparently it's 'less invasive' whatever that means.
    Didn't the Romans introduce it? Maybe it means less invasive than them :# I hate the stuff.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    And rabbits
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited July 2020
    And lavender and asparagus, turnips, peas, garlic, cabbages, celery, onions, leeks, cucumbers, globe artichokes, figs, medlars, sweet chestnuts, cherries and plums were all introduced by the Romans.   Herbs and spices too - mint, coriander, rosemary, radish, and garlic.  Also grapes for their wine ..............
    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
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’ve seen it work very well in dry shady wooded areas like that @punkdoc but don’t let the b****** seed!!! 😨

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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