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Invasive ground cover

HelentraynorHelentraynor Posts: 8
in Problem solving
Hello everyone, I wonder if anyone can help to identify this ground cover which is taking over my borders and how can I get rid of it? My first thought was a type of moss? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Is it this?

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/mind-your-own-business/

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  • HelentraynorHelentraynor Posts: 8
    Yes I think it is, thank you @Dovefromabove I'm sorry I don't think my photos uploaded
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2022
    That's ok ... your description was fairly ... descriptive  ;)

    There's not many plants that look mossy and are that invasive ... thank goodness. 

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





  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    I managed to kill mine in my horrible garden soil, it was too much even for this plant :smiley: However, hellebores do really well…
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Dovefromabove I think I know the answer but would this be OK to grow in pots? I could do with something groundcovery to put around the edges of my raised beds to soften and narrow the way through them. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    You can start to grow it in pots ........ it won't stay there ........ it'll spread as soon as your back is turned ...... it's a tiny plant with huge colonial ambitions ........... I wouldn't ...  😱

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





  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Dovefromabove Had a feeling you'd say that!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Some of us have been there before you @februarysgirl .... we made the mistakes so you don't have to  ;)

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





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