Same here Verdun, I declared war on bluebells, muscari and montbretia a few year ago and the garden looks much better for it. Montbretia in partcicular seems to suck all life out of the soil and nothing else will grow near it. Bluebell leaves seem to last forever and are just so messy after flowering, especially the large Spanish ones.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Same here Verdun, I declared war on bluebells, muscari and montbretia a few year ago and the garden looks much better for it. Montbretia in partcicular seems to suck all life out of the soil and nothing else will grow near it. Bluebell leaves seem to last forever and are just so messy after flowering, especially the large Spanish ones.
Oxalis has always been the worst (green) enemy in my Brazilian garden. Until
some years ago they were simply everywhere, half a dozen types of it growing
among herbs, vegetables, flowers, grass and pavement. What I have now is fruit of
at least 10 years of painful eradication by hand (and knife) and disposal of bulbils
and roots and flowers. The bulbils and roots are specially difficult to whack because
they break up easily from the main plant. It helps to dig the plot and bring some of
the lower soil up so next "oxalicide" session is made easier with the bulbils and
roots closer at hand. Do not compost oxalis, dispose of it in the garbage or burn it.