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acanthus spinosus

david carradicedavid carradice Posts: 1
in Problem solving

i have a acanthus spinosus which has become a problem. it has not flowered for two years and uses all its energy spreading new shoots in areas of the garden where i do not want them.how can i stop it from speading yet encourage flowering next year.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,049

    I think you're proably being too kind.  The best flowering specimens I have ever seen were at the base of a wall in almost no soil at the side of  a driveway.

    Mine have never flowered as I have fertile soil and they do try to spread given half a chance.

    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
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