clover around my plants

[wolphpack]

its small purple clover with alot of roots for its size. I pull them out from around my plants and a week later it starts all over again. Is there something to put on them without killing all my other plants?

[Thunderbird+]

Does it have three leaves or four ? if 4 I think you may have an invasive form of oxalis, which is a difficult weed to get rid of (if i'm wrong I appologise)
All you can really do is keep pulling it up and keep digging it out to keep it down. I would also recomend wearing gloves if it is oxalis, as some people may be alergic to it.
You could try a spot weeder to avoid killing your other plants,I use one that can be applied to the leaves with a roll-on device. Good Luck. T bird+

[Robinia]

Yes I agree with T bird - it sounds like the dreaded oxalis, a real pain to get rid of....I've been battling with it in my front garden for years.

You really have to carefully dig out every piece you see, pulling will just leave behind roots & bulblets which will grow again. It might mean clearing one area at a time of other plants for a good while until you've got rid of the worst of it, & after replanting you have to watch for it growing again & whip it out with a hand trowel.

sorry it's not good news, please don't shoot the messenger! :-)

[WendyS]

This darned weed must be the scourge of the age. Practically every gardener I speak to suffers from it and none of us have found a solution. It really is just a case of digging deep under the root, pulling the plant and its little nodules out in their entireity so that nothing breaks off and putting the whole lot into the dustbin. Don't throw a single weed of it into your compost heap as it will just regenerate and start the whole wretched process off again.