by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Nov 27, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening
Last week, I asked What might be called “the scourge of Gaiety Hollow”? It was less than 12 hours before someone guessed correctly: Aegopodium podagraria Also known as ground elder, bishop’s weed, gout weed, snow-on-the-mountain, English masterwort, and...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Nov 21, 2017 | Deepwood, Gaiety Hollow, gardening, Uncategorized
Last week, I left you all with a cliff-hanger. What is this weed that I loath? This is Campanula rapunculoides aka creeping bellflower or rampion bellflower. It is native to Europe and Eurasia and was brought here as an ornamental garden plant. However, it quickly...
by Lord & Schryver Curator/Garden Manager | Nov 15, 2017 | Gaiety Hollow, Garden, gardening, Uncategorized
Right now is the perfect time to tackle some of our most noxious garden weeds. At Gaiety Hollow, our problem weeds have underground energy storage systems that require them to be dug out. Fall is a great time to remove these weeds for three reasons: After the annuals...