Houttuynia - a smallish pot of this was on sale at my local garden centre for £14.99! Maybe james p could pot some up & sell on to cover the cost of the weedkiller!!
the best way is to allow a plant to make its maximum amount of growth, round about august for those two weeds, and then to pull it or cut it at the base. all that strength the plant has built up over the summer will not go back into the root-system. do this every year and you will weaken it.
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Totally James.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Houttuynia cordata has a very ... interesting .... smell.
Never noticed a smell and haven't got the plant anymore. Is it the leaves or the flower?
I didn't want mine to go. If it gets over-shadowed by trees, engulfed by ivy and has several dry years in a row it won't survive
In the sticks near Peterborough
You're right, Verdun. I've never been able to work out what it's most like, but that's it. I wouldn't have a career in perfumery!
Houttuynia - a smallish pot of this was on sale at my local garden centre for £14.99! Maybe james p could pot some up & sell on to cover the cost of the weedkiller!!
hi,
the best way is to allow a plant to make its maximum amount of growth, round about august for those two weeds, and then to pull it or cut it at the base. all that strength the plant has built up over the summer will not go back into the root-system. do this every year and you will weaken it.
cheers.