On the pull for five years
By drc726
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On the pull for five years and at I last I might just have won: About 7 years ago I planted Houttuynai cordata chemeleon in a large tub. I knew it was a spreader but in a pot? Its had lovely green/red foliage with white flowers during the summers. But it roots went through the pot and down between the paving slabs till it found some garden then in a couple of summers it swamped every thing in that bed. So I dug it all out several times and each summer since having been pulling out new shoots its taken 5 years to get rid of it! I have had no shoots this year except in the pot which is lovely (make sure the pot stays in the middle of a slab).
31 Aug, 2009
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I never thought of standing it on bricks - so simple thanks.
31 Aug, 2009
I have finally gotten rid of mine.....
31 Aug, 2009
|I know just how you feel!
31 Aug, 2009
Bugger, I've just planted a couple in the ground, I'm out there tomorrow to remove it!!
31 Aug, 2009
Oh so sorry, give them to someone who's annoyed you! didnt mean that perhaps your mother in law would like them?
31 Aug, 2009
Ha ha that made me laugh Andrearichter! You sound like Owen from Vicar of Dibley!! Good luck with your damage limitation.
31 Aug, 2009
I've never been able to grow it. Every time I've planted it, it has died off by the following year. In the ground or in a pot - no success :o(
31 Aug, 2009
lucky you Hywel
31 Aug, 2009
Yes I know. It has a horrible smell too so I'm not going to try it again.
31 Aug, 2009
I agree about the smell
1 Sep, 2009
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