weed id needed

[steveo]

Hadn't been to this property for a few months and I haven't been there more than a year but today I found this plant popping up everywhere in the gardens beds. It seems to like being close to other plants and forms big clumps around them. No flower as yet. Can't really be pulled out as the stems break so it may be like a tuber or bulb type plant. I don't know if it is friend or foe. It was a very neglected garden if that's any help. Any ideas? 8874

[steveo]

It's not a daisy.

[ASTRO]

It's not a daisy.

Alstroemeria (pervian- lily)

Nice in flower but can be weed-like if not contained.

Cheers Astro.

[Fred's mowing]

Alstroemeria (pervian- lily)

Nice in flower but can be weed-like if not contained.

Cheers Astro.

x2, red & green flowers, fleshy stems, grows mainly in the shade.
Cheers Fred.

[steveo]

Thanks Astro and Fred. Spot on I reckon. Much appreciated.

[GardeningSolutions]

Garlon will knock this weed on the head. Roundup doesn't seem to work.

[seliment]

x2, red & green flowers, fleshy stems, grows mainly in the shade.
Cheers Fred.

Grows from fleshy tuberous roots -- bits left behind will regenerate.
It will also seed - mainly the 'wild' form.
There are 'cultivated' versions which have pink, red, yellow tones of flowers, but the 'wild' form has orange to light orange colored flowers.

Up here in the Dandenongs it is another environmental weed and on some roadsides (off the main roads) and park/bushland areas there are whole huge patches of the stuff.
As you said Fred, shade loving/tolerant plant.
Fortunately not quite as pervasive as the arum lily family (zaccanthias spelling?)


Joe

[steveo]

Grows from fleshy tuberous roots -- bits left behind will regenerate.
It will also seed - mainly the 'wild' form.
There are 'cultivated' versions which have pink, red, yellow tones of flowers, but the 'wild' form has orange to light orange colored flowers.

Up here in the Dandenongs it is another environmental weed and on some roadsides (off the main roads) and park/bushland areas there are whole huge patches of the stuff.
As you said Fred, shade loving/tolerant plant.
Fortunately not quite as pervasive as the arum lily family (zaccanthias spelling?)


Joe

Anything capable of growing in this particular garden has to be a weed ;-)

[Scooby Steve]

x2, red & green flowers, fleshy stems, grows mainly in the shade.
Cheers Fred.

x3 seen a bit of that in my time, especially in shaded spots.

[South East Mowing]

Grows from fleshy tuberous roots -- bits left behind will regenerate.
It will also seed - mainly the 'wild' form.
There are 'cultivated' versions which have pink, red, yellow tones of flowers, but the 'wild' form has orange to light orange colored flowers.

Up here in the Dandenongs it is another environmental weed and on some roadsides (off the main roads) and park/bushland areas there are whole huge patches of the stuff.
As you said Fred, shade loving/tolerant plant.
Fortunately not quite as pervasive as the arum lily family (zaccanthias spelling?)


Joe
x4 seems to be a sh**load out in south east melbourne

[steveo]

Anyone know what this is? Just flowering now in Canberra (cold climate). I've had it in my lawn for years, I spray it every year with MCPA/Dicamba, I just can't break its cycle though. It's easy to pull out but also easy to miss some. Spraying and hand weeding just doesn't seem to bowl it over enough. Anyone familiar with it? 8918

[steveo]

Not that clear in the photo. It has tiny purple flowers.

[Redeye]

yep, its a weed alright!





sorry

[ASTRO]

Anyone know what this is? Just flowering now in Canberra (cold climate). I've had it in my lawn for years, I spray it every year with MCPA/Dicamba, I just can't break its cycle though. It's easy to pull out but also easy to miss some. Spraying and hand weeding just doesn't seem to bowl it over enough. Anyone familiar with it? 8918

Hey Steveo,

Looks like Veronica persica.

Try applying a pre-emergent dacanthal this will break the life cycle as it will kill the weed before it is able to produce flower/seed.

Loves shaded lawn areas/Bare-soil areas.

Cheers Astro.

[steveo]

Thanks Astro, sounds about right. Definetly prefers shaded and bare areas.

[steveo]

yep, its a weed alright!





sorry

Oh bugger, was about to use it in a salad.

[Redeye]

test pilot :) .............

[steveo]

I'm about to mulch a landscaping job I did over winter. I had to scrape off a heap of weeds, dirt and rubble from a yard and then plant a heap of plants. I knew weeds were going to be an ongoing problem and I've told the client that all along. I have resprayed with glypho a couple of times now. I've held off on the mulch due to the good rain we have been getting as I thought I'd let the seeds germinate and I'll spray as many as possible and then Lay the mulch when it starts to heat up.

Anyone got any advice about the best way to proceed, would you just mulch after the glyposate spray or is it worth applying something else like a pre-emergent. I don't want to mulch only to see the weeds spring up in to life in a week or two. I've googled pre-emergents without much luck, they seem to be aimed mainly for lawns or agriculture crops as opposed to garden beds.

[DavidS]

I would not use Pre emergent chemical in garden, can cause problems with existing plants and if you want to add plants later. Just mulch after a Glyphosate dose.

[steveo]

I would not use Pre emergent chemical in garden, can cause problems with existing plants and if you want to add plants later. Just mulch after a Glyphosate dose.

That's what I ended up doing.