What will get rid of this thug?
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A few years ago I made a huge mistake, and planted a yellow flowered flame creeper,a type of Tropaeolum, in a leylandii hedge. At first i thought it was lovely, til I realised it was killing the hedge! I've tried in vain to get rid of it - I've dug up hundreds of tubers, I've even sprayed it with 'round up' - but it keeps coming back. Now its coming up all over the place - in grass several feet away from the hedge. I think the only thing I can do is sacrifice the hedge, chop it down, and spray the whole area - but what will get rid of it? Has any one any ideas on how to deal with this thug?
maybe its a blessing in disguise, if the leylandi die they wont grow out of control .
ive got two leylandi hedges, one i managed to kill by trimming it too hard and topping at about 8 ft , now some 5 years on the stumps support a mass of oldmans beard which is fairly easy to trim to size.
the other hedge is now 20 foot high and needs major surgery, with hindsight i wish id killed that one aswell.
ive got two leylandi hedges, one i managed to kill by trimming it too hard and topping at about 8 ft , now some 5 years on the stumps support a mass of oldmans beard which is fairly easy to trim to size.
the other hedge is now 20 foot high and needs major surgery, with hindsight i wish id killed that one aswell.
This doesn't help your problem of the dying hedge, but are you sure it's the tropaeoleum that's killing the hedge? It doesn't usually do that because it dies off every winter. Perhaps it's just old age or honey fungus at the roots? I would sacrifice the hedge, take it out, but NOT kill the tropaeoleum, then plant a deciduous hedge with small, dark leaves which will show up the colourful tropaeoleum.
Hi Itweddle,
I have grave doubts that Tropaeolum could have the slightest effect on a Leylandii and feel that Monika is probably very correct in her diagnosis. If this turns out to be Honey Fungus I should remove as many of the Tropaeolum as you want and then get rid of the Leylandii roots and all as rapidly as you can. Honey Fungus is a total menace and far worse than Tropaeolum ever could be.
JB.
I have grave doubts that Tropaeolum could have the slightest effect on a Leylandii and feel that Monika is probably very correct in her diagnosis. If this turns out to be Honey Fungus I should remove as many of the Tropaeolum as you want and then get rid of the Leylandii roots and all as rapidly as you can. Honey Fungus is a total menace and far worse than Tropaeolum ever could be.
JB.