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Posted: May/17/2009 12:08 PM PST
Hello, I have a nice flowering bed that suddenly has an invasive plant in the bed. The bed is pretty good sized. I basically need to identify the two plants in the bed (the one I want and the other I do not) in order to figure out a game plan for ridding the bed of the invasive plant. The last three photos are of the plant I want to remove. The first if of the one I want to keep. With any luck, the broader leafed invasive plant will have something toxic to it that the smaller one will not. Any help is appreciated. Attachments:     |
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Posted: May/17/2009 1:29 PM PST
Although I can't see it clearly, it looks like Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy or Gill-over-the-ground. You can Google it to see if it's a match to yours.  Not sure what the one is you want to keep. Do you have a closer pic of that? Is that grass in the background or the foliage of the little pink guys? |
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Posted: May/17/2009 3:06 PM PST
I think you have it correct, thanks. I still need to try to identify the first photo plant. Thanks again. Here is the invasive one I want to remove. Attachments:  |
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Posted: May/17/2009 3:40 PM PST
The first plant looks like a creeping phlox. However, I can't think of what you could do to kill one and not the other. I get the "Gill" plant in my flower beds too sometimes and it is very shallow-rooted, easy to pull. But not so easy if it's tangled up in the creeping phlox. 
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Joined: 3/17/2009 Location: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY,Laoag City, Philippines Posts: 29 |
Posted: May/17/2009 8:29 PM PST
the first picture is it a small portulaca sp.(im not sure) the second and third is a Glechoma hederacea L a similar specie to Mentha arvensis var. arvensis they can be erradicated through trong herbicides but you must have to get some plants you want to retain, once applied with herbicides everything will be erradicated. this is the only way to stop the weeds. Good luck! |
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Posted: May/17/2009 8:50 PM PST
Our yard is covered with gill-over-the-ground. I don't mind it in the lawn parts - in some places where there's no grass it's all we have. It smells nice when you mow it and looks sort of fluffy and pretty. It's a MONSTER in the garden though. I've never found anything to do about it except pull it out every few days. It spreads by runners, so if you don't get every little bit, it creeps right back in a day or two. |
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Posted: May/22/2009 9:22 PM PST
the first plant is creeping phlox or moss dianthus (pinks) Not portulaca. I always called the second one "Creeping Charlie". It will blanket everything, flower beds, lawns, whatever. All you can do is pull it out as previous members have said. It will keep returning if you don't get it all. |
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