{"id":109412,"date":"2019-07-27T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cope-with-ground-elder-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T10:05:52","slug":"how-to-cope-with-ground-elder-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-cope-with-ground-elder-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cope with ground elder | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nOur gardening expert on the pervasive weed with its lovely white flowerheadsThere is a front garden near me that is so staggeringly lovely that I made my girlfriend take a picture when the car stopped at traffic lights. It takes a few seconds to realise that it\u2019s nature\u2019s work rather than the owner\u2019s. Oxeye daisies and foxgloves wave above a sea of ground elder, resplendent in flower. For a second it might make you reconsider that pernicious plant: its flowerhead is as good as any other umbel we lust over, such as Orlaya grandiflora or Ammi majus.Of course, we don\u2019t actually plant ground elder because it plants itself and then rapidly takes over, sending those thin, wiry rhizomes (underground stems, not roots) in between every other plant\u2019s base and thoroughly beds itself in. The rhizomes are brittle, so any attempt at extraction by forking them out will leave fragments behind that will quickly sprout; so if you have it \u2013 well, you have it for life. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/jul\/27\/how-to-cope-with-ground-elder\" target=\"_blank\">How to cope with ground elder | Alys Fowler<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Our gardening expert on the pervasive weed with its lovely white flowerheadsThere is a front&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ssI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48682,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ask-alys-fowler-why-are-there-holes-in-the-rhizomes-of-my-bearded-iris\/","url_meta":{"origin":109412,"position":0},"title":"Ask Alys Fowler: why are there holes in the rhizomes of my bearded iris?","date":"March 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our gardening expert has the answerThe rhizomes of my bearded iris are pitted with small holes, and last summer I got only three blooms from the whole bed. Should I throw them away \u2013 and can I plant fresh ones in the same spot?The holes could be wireworm, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95403,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-how-to-divide-irises\/","url_meta":{"origin":109412,"position":1},"title":"Gardening tips: how to divide irises","date":"August 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Plus, plant a silverbush or visit the Wonder Project at Wakehurst PlaceDivide this This is the ideal time to divide clumps of bearded irises. 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