Ok...I had a some good responses on the "best performer". Now, what was the worst? What are you going rip, yank, dig or pull out?
Anything that just didn't cut it for some reason? For me, I guess it's going to have to be my sweet woodruff. It did TOO well, lol. It spread far and wide. The only good thing was the drought part of the summer killed a bunch for me so it won't be so hard to get rid of the rest.
What's being ripped, yanked or pulled out?
my hair?
LOL
I bought 2 Lycoris bulbs from Plant Delights for $15 each.
Neither one did anything just laid in the ground and died.
An expensive lesson.
Paul
Oh, Paul! How terrible! I'm still gonna have to do something with the Chrysathemums and Lantana. They
are really consuming a lot of room.
"eyes"
Easy answer for me - Hardy Ageratum. It grew and grew and grew and spread all summer, then put finally out these teeny tiny flowers on all that foliage just before frost. It was way too selfish for my garden!
Cindy
Liriope(creeping/solid green), and Lambs ear! They got the boot!
Baa
Oct 16, 2001
Pull out? As in Pull Out a plant?
I'm in shock LOL
Will be removing the birdsfoot trefoil. Lovely plant, but I don't have the right conditions for it. It needs sun and lots of it. However, I'm going to scatter seeds in the bald places in the common area lawn around our townhouses. Don't tell on me!
Jody, I love sweet woodruff--hard to find around here.
Would you be willing to share some or did you already get rid of it? I had some years ago that I found in Vermont and then I moved to a new house and didn't take it with me.
Send me an e-mail--or is it too late to plant it now in Zone 6B?
SandyR
I am always pulling out trumpet vine can't get rid of it, it spreads everywhere. Out in my yard, in my path, on top the house...... lol
Lambs ears that took over an entire island bed in a single season! Excess japanese anemones, sweet allysum that is smothering miniature roses and me out of this chair and into bed!
Wisteria! 7 years and not a bloom on it.Tried pruning,ignoring,fertilizing and patience,I let it cover one whole side of my house at one point.Cutting it to 5 foot and see if it makes a tree form,if not,the whole thing goes!!!Bought a pink one on ebay,suppose to get here next week.What a sucker I am!!!
Yup,Yup,Yup!!The roots are why I'm going to try to grow it into a tree.The thought of digging those suckers out.....
tig, wisteria can take up to 7 years to bloom from seed.
the biggest problem about getting it to bloom is pruning.
if you prune in the fall or early spring, you end up cutting off all the flower buds.
when dh moved in he called himself helping me by pruning the 100+ yo wisteria. needless to say i didnt see the blooms until the next year.
just a thought as to why it hasnt bloomed for you.
Jody do you mean pull out a plant as in "throw it away"? As my DD would say "how could you?"
oops, forgot this was perennials.
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I am moving my lambs ear to around the grain bins, I love it but is dose take over and is a mess to get rid of. That was the only major problem I had this year knock on wood. Knock Konck!! LOL
Mike
silverking wormswood-its got to go!!
I've heard it can take 10 years for a wisteria to bloom. They need good sun, too. Crestedchik, did you bid on that wisteria that is suppose to get 4 ft. blooms? I bid on one 2 years ago.. got it last year. I paid $30 for it and if it really does produce 4 ft. long blooms, I'll wait 20 years ! ~ Irene =)
20 yrs for wisteria, wow!!! I have a wisteria that I am training into a tree. It was about 1 1/2' tall when I got it 4 years ago. It is now about 4' tall and this spring really put on a show for me, the first 2 years there were no flowers at all and just a couple last year. I prune mine all year long practically to keep it in tree shape. It has also been root pruned the past 2 falls, but only because I wanted to move it and couldn't get all the roots up, LOL.
Achillea 'The Pearl'. Have been trying for a few years now to remove all traces of this one. It came in a bag of mixed wildflower seeds, and was about the only thing that bloomed. It travels by underground runners, and comes back from the smallest piece... Sort of a dirty white color flower anyway, but the ferny foliage was pretty, at first. Now this area is a bed of sedums and sempervivums, with an echinops. John
He He John! I remember when we traded and you told me you had that Achillea and that I did not want it. THANK YOU!!!
Black-eyed susans!! They are taking over everything.
My first Stinging Nettle! Don't know where it came from, I let it alone not knowing what it was at the time! And then, one day I touched it! My entire hand went numb! It lasted several days! Boy, did that sucker get dug up and fast!
I had what I thought was garlic coming up in my rose bed. Natural mistake, as I had been burying my garbage to improve the soil, until the coyotes discovered it and dug up the garden . A new spot every night. Well, I babied these little garlic shoots until One day I went out to admire my roses. couldn't believe my eyes. I had been nurse maiding cat tails. What a mess! As fast as I dig them out they grow back. I think they breed in their down time.
HOW IRONIC! ALL OF YOU PULLING UP WHAT I WOULD GIVE MY EYE TEETH FOR.(OOPS ALREADY DONE THAT!)MOST OF WHAT I HAVE IS WHAT NONE OF YOU WANT..I AM SO DESPERATE FOR GROWTH, THAT I AM HAPPY WITH WEEDS, (THEY ARE MY WILD-FLOWERS) HE-HE-HE.
Tink, whatcha want? I REALLY need to make a trade list.... What are your likes? Colors? Maybe I can help a little ~ Irene =)
Horsemint.
Received the seeds in a trade, 2 seeds germinated and planted the 2 plants, they grew and grew and grew till they were 6 feet tall by about 5 feet around. I do not have room for these ugly plants, although the bees loved the teensy weeny flowers! They are now history in the compost heap.
Obedient plant ---way not obedient!!!!
Chyrsanthum!
The flowers are yellow (not a favorite color of mine), they're tall 24-36", and the flowers are only the size of a quarter! They are determined to stay, I pull them up and pull them up... they just come back. When I over turn the soil in spring I'm going to try again to remove them, if I get every tiny piece of root maybe they'll finally be gone!
In "spring" a.k.a. next time it's warm and I go out side I'm going to try to pull up some more of them. I wish they didn't have to be tossed in the trash... I may give them to my sis to put in the ditch behind her house, unless someone has another idea?
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i have to many chinese laterns-have to pull some this spring
Bouncing Bet, Saponaria officinalis. I love it! Smells like some candy I ate as a kid, but can't recall. It just spreads too much.
wow - this is an old thread
my ozard sundrops evening primrose, just spread too much
billyporter,
I had "Bouncing Bet" in my garden and it certainly lived up to its name. It spread fast underground and would pop up basically where ever it wanted. Crossing my fingers that I finally got rid of it.
Michelle
Sashagirl
Mar 16, 2006
Boy, this is an old thread, but a "Goodie"!
Brings to mind a pet peeve of mine- evasive descriptions on seed packages! Of course, the fault was partly mine, for not doing further research! Ha.
One of the hardest things I ever got rid of-no, make that two... They were (in order), chinese lanturn , then tansy. Took me three years to get rid of the c.lantern, and about 8 to get rid of the Tansy. I still have a piece of Tansy, but have figured how to control it, so it compliments, rather than taking over! I do love the looks of it, just don't let it get too big, before I prune it.
There have been others over the years, like "ditch" lilies, that only came out by digging the whole bed up.
I've also found out, through trial and error, about some plants, like, say, monarda, that are voracious spreaders in wet soil, but are very well behaved in a drier setting. Sure makes the whole gardening experience interesting and challenging. I know, I, for one, will never figure it all out. But, I'll guarantee one thing, I'm gonna have fun in the process! :-)
DeannaV