I need weed seeds (!!!?) petty spurge Euphorbia peplus
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Comments (15)Giardinierven, I sometimes lose some of my euphorbia characias wulfenii as well, normally during the winter though. Since they reseed like mad, I always have new babies coming up. Mine have never gotten 6 X 6 before however. The first time I ever saw this plant it was in one of the first gardening books I ever bought many years ago. It was a display in the desert and had huge specimens of it. That was when I knew I had to try and grow that variety. Weird wantonamara, as I always think of most euphorbias as being extremely drought tolerant plants, once establised anyways. Mine never get watered including the seedlings that come up and they do well here,even the past two summers where we have had extreme drought conditions and higher heat temps for extended periods of time. I haven't tried growing the varieties you mentioned however and I am sure Texas heat is much worse than what we have....See MoreIs Euphorbia a mistake?
Comments (9)I don't know what this is. I took a photo of it but my PC won't go on the Internet suddenly and I have no way to post it from my phone. It's medium green, fairly tall, the leaves are approximately shaped like Popsicle sticks and arranged in whorls around the stem. I was told it turns red in fall. It doesn't look like cypress spurge or polychromata but it's hard to tell because I don't have a whole clump....See MoreDe-weeding my garden
Comments (1)Wet soil is in my experience the best aid for pulling weeds, roots and all. The answer to controlling them in the future is not weed killer (after all, this is toxic to all plants, except for Monsanto's GM crops), but rather mulch. If you cover all bare soil with a thick layer of mulch the seeds of those annual weeds have no chance, and your shrubs and trees will be the happier for it as well. I mulch often with barley straw because where I live it is plentiful, cheap, and easy to transport, store, and apply. It really controls the weeds while maintaining moisture and adding organic material. You might find that rice straw from the central valley is similarly useful. But if your garden is a more formal space (mine is strictly for growing food), then your choice of mulch will probably depend on aesthetic qualities as well as availability. Some people use a layer of cheaper mulch like straw or leaves (or of course breathable landscape fabric) overtopped with something more decorative, such as bark, wood chips, pecan shells, stone, etc......See MoreWeed(s) with peppery taste
Comments (1)None of them imo. I've eaten the last three and none is peppery to my taste. You could safely try them in small nibbles and see what you think. I wouldn't eat the Euphorbia but I can see no reason for it being peppery....See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
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