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clivedown · 06-07-2005, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kay

In article , Victoria
Clare writes
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in
k:

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Er, heartsease IS a wild violet - which is a generic name, and
not that of a particular species. There are half a dozen species
of Viola commonly found wild in the UK and more exist.

I know of fifteen, and that doesn't include hybrids or subspecies...

I suspect anyone soulless enough to apply verdone to a colony of heartsease
in flower is not going to be that interested in the botanical detail :-(

I don't know. Even I have pulled up violets by the armful. Depends on
just how many you have, doesn't it?
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Whilst the violet plant looks pretty enough it's just far too invasive to take pity on it. It literally takes over the entire garden so it has to be anihilated somehow. Lawn feed and weed kills it if you put enough if it down but it also kills the lawn off too!