It is such a pity that some of our most attractive plants can cause nothing but trouble when you allow them into the garden. For instance Lily of the Valley with its delicate white bell shaped flowers looks the picture of innocence in the spring, but once established it tends to run rampant. And there are ten more plants like that including Creeping Jenny, Gooseneck Loosestrife and Wisteria which are illustrated in a slideshow which I found on the Hometalk website.

They may be gorgeous garden divas, but they don’t like to share the spotlight –or the garden– with others!

These beautiful little flowers can easily take over your garden. Now is the time to get control of lily of the valley before it overtakes your world.

Beautiful, delicate, yet invasive and aggressive, lily of the valley can quickly take over a garden area.

This area of my garden had become overrun with lily of the valley (and violets – but more on that another time). It was time to gain control and let the shrubs and other plants breathe. Hidden in here is a gorgeous pink hydrangea, a “samba” elderberry and an old euyonymous.

Lily of the valley grow on rhizomes and are surrounded by a mass of small roots. Start by pulling the leaves and rhizomes from the ground.

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