Plants that go wild

I have two laurel bushes that are determined to take over the front garden, and if possible the rest of the world too.

Next door have an ornamental vine that has broken through the hedge. Am quite tempted to douse the tendrils with Roundup...

Grandmother’s bonnet (Aquilegia) has run riot here. From one plant at the far end of the back garden, it has decamped to the front and if it cannot find a spot it is forcing its way through other plants. The original plant was a glorious deep purple colour, but it’s offspring seem to have have faded to a dirty cream.

Bamboo Fargesia is supposed to be non invasive but so not true in my garden. It gradually spread and spread under the weed suppressant matting coming up where other plants were and killing them. We used weed killer twice last year but there are still rogue bits appearing.

Periwinkle and muscari run riot in my garden, I've dug up dozens ans dozens of muscari but still they reappear. The periwinkle has even started choking the honeysuckle out of existence.

Comfrey. A friend gave me a small clump and it would cover the garden if it could.

Love the agapanthus and have been trying to grow them for years, but they never flower. How do you do it all? I am more upset that the frost has killed five of my cordyline which were so pretty.

springishere

Love the agapanthus and have been trying to grow them for years, but they never flower. How do you do it all? I am more upset that the frost has killed five of my cordyline which were so pretty.

I've been told that agapanthus like to have their roots restricted.

Fernhillnana

Comfrey. A friend gave me a small clump and it would cover the garden if it could.

great accelerator for the compost

Houttuynia! Bought one plant a few years ago, dug it up at the end of that year and I'm still finding new bits of it at least 4 yrs later. As for agapanthus plants I just wish I could keep one, have tried them in most spots in the garden but think the rabbits must really like them.

Juliet27

^Lily of the valley gets rampant and invasive^
If only mine would survive! I’m hoping my grape hyacinths will become invasive!!

Yes! I want my grape hyacinth to become invasive too 💕 not even one extra flower in 5 years 😂

Several of those mentioned above but my particular garden monster is cyclamen. They smother everything!

Lady’s mantle, alchemellia mollis, think is proper name. It’s somehow jumped from back garden to front, And is a pain.

Stachys byzantina (Lamb's ears)
Spreads everywhere I have tried to keep a handle on it but it's sprouting now in everyone else's garden Oooops

Thugs in my garden are muscari.
Oxalis
Lemon balm
Wild geranium
Yellow loosestrife.
They keep me busy digging when they appear in unwanted places.
Erigeron and feverfew do the same but they are easily pulled up, and I love anything that's a daisy.
I learnt long ago not to plant mint in the garden, so I have three types in pots by the back door ready for my mint tea.
I wish I could grow lily of the valley. Tried four times and have given up now. Similar problem with Japanese anemones. Had five different varieties but only a white one just about hanging on giving me one stem of flowers each year. We have clay soil so maybe that is the cause.

love your gardening name Doris

yes, yellow loosestrife is a bit of a bu**er! But it flowers anywhere and for months and months. so wonderful for far and dark corners.

how can anyone complain of too many cyclamen, snowdrops and muscari??? Makes me very sad, I have to say.

Violets.
I had some in a pot that I inherited from my mother 20 years ago.
No trouble in my original house or previous house, the never even flowered.
We moved here six years ago and they jumped out of the pot, started flowering and spread thoughout the garden.
At first they were easy to pull up and, I though how sweet, a last present from my mum.
Then I realised how hard they were to remove once they got deeper rooted and how far they had spread.
I spent most of last year digging them up, and eventually resorted to widespread use of weedkiller and spraying every little new shoot that kept appearing. Had to abandon any idea of growing anything else.

oh, and violets? Makes me cry. Why would anyone not love violets spreading?

Perhaps some here who want to get rid would be prepared to send some of your unwanted to those who would love some.

I forgot about Arum Italicum - once a much appreciated plant in the right corner of the garden - it has spread into the flower beds .

As the soil isn't frozen at the moment I spent two hours digging it up yesterday and there's a lot more to do .

Pink Anemones are prolific , but not the white ones in the garden .

You can just have too much of a good thing, Fleurpepper. 😁

Well yes ... but ...

I mean, violets? Where are they growing that is such a disaster. I have some come up in the lawn (grass...) and it is wonderful. I also have some spiked rapunzel- a flower which is revered in SE England as they only have a few left, and they are highly protected by the RHS and local societies.

A pristine lawn is so boring and such a waste of space, is my opinion.

Give away, or pot them up and sell for your favourite charity. And think yourself so so lucky that those wonderful plants have chosen you.

Oxalis is the absolute worst of the lot. I detest the stuff. I even resorted to weed killer for it a couple of times but it survived. It leaves a nasty , evil little bulb behind when you pull it up

MaizieD

You can just have too much of a good thing, Fleurpepper. 😁

Especially when it smothers everything else and the more delicate plants disappear.

So far the violets, which only appeared a couple of years ago, have stayed in the lawn but I wouldn't mind it if they grew in the rockery but they won't.

I know, I know- the case for the yellow loosestrife, for sure! But violets, how can violets smowther everything else.

Just don't get it. Muscari will be there for a few weeks, then leave space for everything else, and provide a magnificent source of early nectar for bees. Same with snowdrops and galanthus ...

I live in a very old house in a rural setting, so being tolerant fits in with our place- but it is true and honest to say I find some posts above beyond sad. Especially when the Roundup comes out!

Sometimes I really do feel I live on a different planet (and I am glad about it).