Thanks for the replies. I do think some of the replies were rather cheeky and not particularly helpful. As I mentioned this border is especially thin (10 inches width ways) and so constant weeding - particularly digging out grass rhizomes regularly - isn't conducive to establishing biennials (not too mention excessively time consuming). My neighbour's garden has been unloved for many, many years now and as a result there is a dense grass root/rhizome mat poking through. It's not just the odd shoot here and there. However, this isn't our "forever" house and so anything I do does have to be a trade off between money+ time investment with overall impact. I just want to get some wildlife plants established before moving on.
I'd love to sprinkle some yellow rattle down and starve them out but sadly that isnt really an option for rye grass
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Lurching swiftly back to the subject......how about approaching the owner or agent of the house next door?
Thanks for the replies. I do think some of the replies were rather cheeky and not particularly helpful.
As I mentioned this border is especially thin (10 inches width ways) and so constant weeding - particularly digging out grass rhizomes regularly - isn't conducive to establishing biennials (not too mention excessively time consuming). My neighbour's garden has been unloved for many, many years now and as a result there is a dense grass root/rhizome mat poking through. It's not just the odd shoot here and there. However, this isn't our "forever" house and so anything I do does have to be a trade off between money+ time investment with overall impact. I just want to get some wildlife plants established before moving on.
I'd love to sprinkle some yellow rattle down and starve them out but sadly that isnt really an option for rye grass
tee Tetley and Jo. Loving your take on life.
methinks OP might think so.
BTW, grasses don't form rhizomes .
Grasses spread laterally by way of stolons, not rhizomes
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.