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flowerbug
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Really? Man they go bonkers here. They self seed and will create a carpet of freshly germinated heart shaped leaves. Then its a drag race to the sky! They are super aggressive. Must be a Michigan thing. We do have a really nice micro climate with the Great Lakes protecting us. My neighbor has them self seed and germinate along her fence every year without fail. They look really pretty in bloom and from afar they are hard to hate.
Till they are climbing on things choking out your clematis, or going up a tree, or trampoline, or tomato cages and just making a nuisance of themselves. They are as tough and dandelions here and just as prolific.
the rabbits and deer seem to like them. many times when i'm weeding that pathway to clear them out again i find a lot of them chewed off. it's been around 4 or 5yrs since we let any of them bloom around that fence for long. so those seeds are remaining viable in the crushed limestone, through winters, hot summers, etc. the only place i would ever plant them in the future would be around something i knew i was going to keep mowed regularly.
there's now about five different main infestations i'd love to clear completely, but Mom still likes them here or there. arg... no more on the fences though. i take those out no matter what.