For years I have hoed off the leaves as they appear and especially the flowers if I missed any, dug up the bulbs and dried them to kill them, and am now trying a different approach.
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| Emerging leaves are easily pulled off now. |
The leaves break off underground if they are grasped by hand and pulled out.
If this works to kill them off, I'll update this entry later in the year.
With my talk The evolution of a formal garden to a nature reserve at http://www.peterlovetttalks.co.uk/page19.html it is important to me to get rid of Spanish bluebells completely.
2 comments:
Hello Peter, any update on how effective pulling the leaves of Spanish bluebells has been?
Thanks
Elizabeth
Some success Elizabeth
I am today going to pull out or hoe out the emerging leaves where the bulbs were not all removed.
Regular attacks prevent them thriving vegetatively and pulling out any flowers later with the leaf rosette may eventually get rid of them.
Regards
Peter
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