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Gladioli

My unwanted Gladioli makes it 3 winters in a row surviving in the ground! I haven't the heart to get rid of them now! A lavender seedling has appeared right in the middle of the clump now!



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like the colour of the Gladioli...

17 Sep, 2013

 

So do I , one of my favourite colours.

17 Sep, 2013

 

Reading up on lavender, it would appear they secrete a chemical through their roots that discourages other nearby plants from flourishing.
Maybe it'll get rid of your 'unwanted' glads.
One of mine has tried it's best to murder a celosia & a gardenia.
I'll be transplanting the horticultural horror elswhere. Lol.
Come to think of it, that might explain my dead astilbe hn the corner.
It may have been susceptible to another lavendar I planted nearby. =-O

18 Sep, 2013

 

Thanks Jane and Chris :)
Never heard this Mouldy, bloody bully plants! :)

18 Sep, 2013

 

Hang on, I may be lying!
Maybe it was on GQT on Sunday...I've forgotten where I picked up this snippet of info, but it was within the last five days. Lol.

18 Sep, 2013



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