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| Hi, Thanks in advance for helping me with this. Below is a link to an album with pictures of several unidentified plants from a walk around my new yard. I've numbered them for ease of sorting. Here are my few comments:
1. This thing is spreading wildly, I will probably either take it out, or if you tell me it is desireable, try to limit its spread 2. Pretty, just don't know what they are. 3. Fairly large bush, I think it has been large for a while. 4. This bush is hidden behind and beneath some larger ones: I need to know how to prune it and any considerations for shady spots. 5. Pretty thickly overgrown large caning shrub. I think those are flower buds and will open soon easing ID, but I'd love to know what to do with it even sooner than that. I have several of these around the yard. 6. Is this wild buckwheat? Something doesn't look right, and it doesn't grown enough like a vine for me to be sure. Still a weed though, right? 7. Thinly leafing out on a large branchy bush. Leaves are still pretty small. 8. Some sort of herbaceous plant. 1.5 - 2 ft tall stalks. Mabye it was pretty a month ago, just looks weedy now. Thanks! http://s799.photobucket.com/albums/yy278/michaelharris001/Plants/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tour around my yard
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| Suggestions: 1. Aegopodium podagra - noxious weed |
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- Posted by theplantwizard none (My Page) on Thu, May 17, 12 at 14:49
| Aegopodium podagraria may be a noxious weed depending on where you live, but it is also a commonly used and desired groundcover. |
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| Sorry about the typo. A podagraria. OK not necessarily a noxious weed. But it definitely is here. This appears to be the plain green. The variegated is slightly less vigorous. If you do use it as ground cover you need to be certain you want it. It is very hard to remove once you have it. |
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- Posted by harris_growing 5 (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 21:03
| Thanks for the help! I saw a variegated form of the podagraria in the neighborhood today, indeed it looked more controled than mine. I'll be trying to eliminate it shortly. From what I found on the web, the Thlaspi perfoliatum doesn't seem very desireable. Is that right or am I missing something? I'll probably eliminate it as well. Now to start reading up on how to prune these bushes. Poor things look to have been neglected for quite a while. We have two forsythia that have been hedge trimmed for so long that they had only 2-3 blossoms each, and they are huge forsythia. That is indicative of the rest of the yard as well. Time to rescue. Mike |
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| I would say Aegopodium podagraria is a thug. It will take some time to eradicate it. Don't plant anything permanent there until you're sure it is gone. Thlaspi perfoliatum is a weedy plant. You are lucky to have Dictamnus albus in your new garden. After you clean things up more, you may find some other excellent plants. Remy |
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