I had never met snowberry until last year and when I read up on it it all sounded very polite. It's not a bit polite. My elderly neighbour scowls and calls it a scourge every time she looks at it. If anyone finds out how to get rid or contain it let me know please. I can't get it trailed out because it's under a dry stone wall and it just keeps coming...
Yes that's my problem too Joyce21. It's commonly used as hedging and ditching around here so it pops up all over. If I can keep it to the boundaries I'll be happy with that. Maybe when my other stuff gets more established it'll be less noticeable. I'll pretend it's meant to be there.
I cleared a huge bank area of brambles and c**p and all that's left is a Philadelphus, a berberis and random tufts of snowberry. Dandelions, ground elder and some other weed thing don't count. I'll try a dollop of glyphosphate when the rain stops. Yes rain! Thanks.
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I had never met snowberry until last year and when I read up on it it all sounded very polite. It's not a bit polite. My elderly neighbour scowls and calls it a scourge every time she looks at it.
If anyone finds out how to get rid or contain it let me know please. I can't get it trailed out because it's under a dry stone wall and it just keeps coming...
Yes, it spreads around by sucker and seed - as I said, often used to provide cover for game - just a few plants will fill a thicket pretty quickly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Annual glyphosate in spring helps to stop it spreading. Mine comes through the fence from woodland so I'll never eradicate it.
Yes that's my problem too Joyce21. It's commonly used as hedging and ditching around here so it pops up all over. If I can keep it to the boundaries I'll be happy with that. Maybe when my other stuff gets more established it'll be less noticeable. I'll pretend it's meant to be there.
I cleared a huge bank area of brambles and c**p and all that's left is a Philadelphus, a berberis and random tufts of snowberry. Dandelions, ground elder and some other weed thing don't count.
I'll try a dollop of glyphosphate when the rain stops. Yes rain! Thanks.
I inherited a hedge of this when I moved into the garden, got rid of it easy enough with SBK.