Last week our friends Kathleen and Doug came visiting, and upon touring the garden, Kathleen pointed at this:
And said, “Roundup!”
My Arts Editor suggested it was a a pretty flower, and was rewarded with a tale of horror and woe, and how only Roundup could do it in. So I took some pictures and uploaded them to iNaturalist. Their response?
Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides):
Distribution
This plant is native to Europe and western Siberia and it has been introduced to North America, where it has become an extremely invasive weed. It chokes out other plants, and eliminating it is nearly impossible due to its multiple propagation mechanisms.
Oh, lovely. So I spent an hour digging out most of it tonight, until the mosquitoes came a-swarming and chased me inside; I’ll finish it up tomorrow.
And then gird the ol’ loins for the war of next year, I suppose.
