Better meaning more attractive, more interesting and less thuggish. My garden is also "the right place" for nettles, thistles, couch grass, chick weed and sticky bud, none of which I choose to grow or encourage.
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)."
Increasing the Nitrogen levels in the soil discourages them and as the Nitrogen level increases the less you will see of creeping Buttercups and clover. You also need to pull them up to stop them spreading further. Spraying them with Roundup does not work as the stems stay alive and spread even though the leaves fall off!
creeping buttercup, galloping bindweed, giant dandilions,rampaging ground elder, spiteful stinging neetles, choking cooch grass and that's not the end of it!!!!!! massive Brambles, leave the garden just a short while,you know things like the weather not being able to get out on the heavy clay and you are done for, so friends keep at it or your lovely gardens will end up like a jungle. Some one who knows, from experiance.
Hi we have creeping butter cups growing in our low growing shrubs wat can weed killer can we use on buttercups that wont harm the shrubs any suggestions thanks.
I don't like that particular shade of yellow and find them not at all pretty. They flower en mass in our paddock across the road and persistently reappear in my borders no matter what i do.
When we first created the garden from cow pasture we put down black plastic for 2 years to kill off the weeds - buttercup, nettles, thistles, docks and other delights but still they keep coming back. I'm happy to leave some nettles for butterflies to lay eggs but creeping buttercups are neither use nor ornament as far as I can tell and are a real pest which spoil the look of my chosen plants which are more attractive and provide nectar and pollen so are better for insects.
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)."
your right,I dig them up all year round and they keep coming back.sometimes I kid myself that really they are something else then get disappointed.I suppose I should like them as they are very pretty in the wild but not in my garden.keep pulling up!!
your right,I dig them up all year round and they keep coming back.sometimes I kid myself that really they are something else then get disappointed.I suppose I should like them as they are very pretty in the wild but not in my garden.keep pulling up!!
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Better meaning more attractive, more interesting and less thuggish. My garden is also "the right place" for nettles, thistles, couch grass, chick weed and sticky bud, none of which I choose to grow or encourage.
Increasing the Nitrogen levels in the soil discourages them and as the Nitrogen level increases the less you will see of creeping Buttercups and clover. You also need to pull them up to stop them spreading further. Spraying them with Roundup does not work as the stems stay alive and spread even though the leaves fall off!
ive got them in my border but keep them controlled to that area, i love it, just not too much of it
When we first created the garden from cow pasture we put down black plastic for 2 years to kill off the weeds - buttercup, nettles, thistles, docks and other delights but still they keep coming back. I'm happy to leave some nettles for butterflies to lay eggs but creeping buttercups are neither use nor ornament as far as I can tell and are a real pest which spoil the look of my chosen plants which are more attractive and provide nectar and pollen so are better for insects.
your right,I dig them up all year round and they keep coming back.sometimes I kid myself that really they are something else then get disappointed.I suppose I should like them as they are very pretty in the wild but not in my garden.keep pulling up!!
your right,I dig them up all year round and they keep coming back.sometimes I kid myself that really they are something else then get disappointed.I suppose I should like them as they are very pretty in the wild but not in my garden.keep pulling up!!
Yes they are beautiful, so beautiful I fall soft and think I will leave them just a little longer to enjoy the flowers
Then before I know it, they have taken over and colonised the rose bed and the herb garden...........
My advise is to dig them up as soon as they arrive in spring and keep up with it if you can! Wish I could listen to my own advise