Plant plague

[derekpara]

My garden seems to have a plague of bluebell-like plants, but smaller, and with a tiny white bell. When dug up the bulb gives off a strong aroma of onion . I keep digging them up but they re-appear all over the place - on lawn edges as well as beds. I've used one application of SPK but apart from looking a little poorly the blighters are still there. HELP, please before I'm smothered !

[andyjevs]

I'd echo the last answer. It it incredibly invasive producing both seed and tiny little bulblets which remain in the soil when dug up.

As they're around during winter, herbicides are pretty useless too. All you can hope is that they are still around during April and you can spray them with a strong round-up soloution.

They are eveil and i've been trying for 6 years to unsuccessfully eradicate them from the garden i look after at work

[Plocket]

Yep! Sounds like what we've got - wild garlic! It's a bug*er but if you keep digging it up before it flowers, you will reduce what you've got. Make sure you get the bulb out too. Good luck - you'll need it I'm afraid.