Crocus invasion

[cntrlwagdnr]

Not much sympathy around here? I know a lot of people would love this, but obviously the original poster prefers a nice pristine lawn. Everyone to their own. They asked for some help to eradicate their problem, not what must feel like of a bunch of thinly veiled criticisms, though I'm sure not intended that way. That being said, have you tried a selective weedkiller for lawns? Obviously digging them up is not really practical and would pretty much destroy the lawn. Are they just spreading in clumps by bulb propagation or is it a seed problem? If so, perhaps you should try removing the spent blooms before they seed.

 

[Logan]

Could just mow over them, if the leaves are cut early enough it should stop them eventually.

Seems early to me,

It's not for use, it all depends on where you live.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

In my garden there is an unusual problem - a real invasion of crocuses and there are more and more of them every year. I really like crocuses in flowerbeds, but now they are already halfway on the lawn. Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Please advise how to control them?

what you can do is put an ad in the paper for people to come dig and get free crocus.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

My friend Jerry not only has various shades of purple crocuses in the back garden but also in the lawn.

 

[AlTerra]

Not much sympathy around here? I know a lot of people would love this, but obviously the original poster prefers a nice pristine lawn. Everyone to their own. They asked for some help to eradicate their problem, not what must feel like of a bunch of thinly veiled criticisms, though I'm sure not intended that way. That being said, have you tried a selective weedkiller for lawns? Obviously digging them up is not really practical and would pretty much destroy the lawn. Are they just spreading in clumps by bulb propagation or is it a seed problem? If so, perhaps you should try removing the spent blooms before they seed.

Thank you for the suggestion. My crocuses are wild and pretty common, they have never been planted or propagated, so I think it's a seed problem. I just would like to control how much they spread, but I haven't tried anything yet.

 

[Marck]

I agree. Crocus in a lawn is a wonderful sight. Really the more a lawn can look like a meadow the better.

Also Crocus bloom early enough, that mowing shouldn't be an issue, at least not in colder climates.

Of course, the leaves persist longer and do feed the bulb for continued display, but the leaves resemble grass and to a certain extent can be mowed like grass. Set the mower high and don't worry.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

who wants the boring green lawn, give me a crocus lawn with interesting moss any day.