Amateur Gardening

Other pernicious weeds

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WE had no creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans) here until we bought in bare-rooted gooseberri­es 20 years ago. A dark taproot or two must have been concealed within the rootballs, and we have been plagued ever since. Couch grass rhizomes can also cause havoc, and soft-leaved, purple-flowered hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) is a spreading nuisance, as well as being a late summer host for currant blister aphid.

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Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) spreads quickly

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