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Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords and ladies By Pete8

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Good luck!

    If you get really good at it you could come and give me a hand...... image


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • well that was hard work ,n only got 1/3 done :( pics to follow .but was bit dark so not brill pic :(

  • have done a lot really as found more iron bars in ground berried deep :( ,all ready removed 40 sheets of tin ,and iron fencing which was dumped 10 yrs ago :( by the tree ,the amount of wood ive taken out of ground too :( ,4 big wheel barrows of weed n small bits of wood removed to day ,I'm shattered now

  • not a garden ,its my pony paddock that I rent :)

  • We have it (Lords and Ladies) coming up all over our front garden, it was here when we moved in 37 years ago, and we have tried to eradicate it, but the roots are deep and we have given up, as it just re-appears each year.  However I don't dislike the plant, and although the berries are poisonous, I find them quite attractive too. The front garden where these Lords and Ladies grow is full of foraging birds, hibernating hedgehogs too, so using weed killer is a definite no no.

    Good luck with your task ahylands.

  • not going to b easy .but posinous for horses so hoping I can keep clear as much as poss ,once all new grass comes through I'm sure be a lot better,

  • imageimageup dates on all my hard work over the yr :) to happy ponies ,been a yr of hell n hard work ,lets hope that not so many weeds this yr :) 

  • Very happy and healthy looking pony .... takes me back image

    Arums are one of the first wild plants to appear in the spring ... sometimes even in Jan/Feb if there's a mild spell, so keep your eyes open and don't feel despondent when you see them ... weed them out by hand as much as you can ... they die off early too so they won't be there too long and every year there'll be fewer of them.  Good luck image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    mine are up 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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