Grape hyacinths

[MrsBertBibby]

I have just dug out a small hole in the drive which was home to an underperforming clematis, a thicket of rampaging Campanula and some grape hyacinths. I've rescued a few of them (they are already sprouting) and stuck em in pots for now.

I quite like GHs but am I right in thinking they are quite spready ? I am loath to unleash the out back if so.

They're real thugs op, I've been pulling out grape hyacinths for 19 years and the buggers still come up rampaging campanula too - it's impervious to glyphosate 😳

Hmm, maybe I'll ditch them then.

Honestly, Campanula is mental! It is everywhere, front and back. I ripped out great rippling prairies of it last year, and it is still just everywhere!

They do spread a lot, but I do love then so much I honestly don't mind. Not as bad a bluebells though.

I helped my mum do her garden once. We dug down 4 feet and riddled the soil. 3 years later and it's infested with grape hyacinths again. They are pretty though

I think Campanula is worse than Grape Hyacinths- the wretched stuff is clambering 3' up a trellis as well as swamping a flowerbed 😟
At least GH's pull up easily!

Well yes! But the Campanula is already all over everything, whereas the grape hyacinths are thus for only out front.

Unless you count the refugees sitting on the patio wall in pots!

Oh God what have I done?

I had a problem with escaped GH's and I took vengeance by yanking the flowers and leaves out of the ground as soon as I spotted them. The bulbs kept going for years but eventually mostly gave up, and at least they didn't seed and I didn't have to look at them

Mine all died. All you have to do is want them to spread a bit and the buggers will do the opposite.

My grape hyacinths have migrated into the public footpath that runs past the end of the garden, and are breaking up the tarmac.