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Warning: I saw a neighbor's garden get wrecked by a new plant last week
Three years ago she planted what she thought was a nice ground cover from a local nursery, but it spread under the fence and choked out half my vegetable patch in Portland last month, so has anyone else dealt with a plant that just takes over everything?
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oliver_ward142mo ago
What kind of plant was it? That sounds exactly like my nightmare with creeping bellflower. A friend gave me a single plant a few years back and it was a huge mistake. It sends roots down super deep and spreads everywhere. I spent all last summer trying to dig it out and it still came back. Some of these pretty plants are just weeds in disguise.
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casey_barnes14d ago
Ha, oh man, creeping bellflower is the absolute worst! I thought I was being smart planting some "nice ground cover" a few years back and it turned out to be goutweed. It took me two full seasons and a lot of swearing to finally dig every last piece of root out of my garden bed. Now I'm super paranoid every time a neighbor offers me a plant cutting, I'm like "what's your game?!
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