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Apr 7, 2024 4:20 PM CST
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Central NY, North of Syracuse
These are in and around our wildflower garden and I dont know what they are. They're pretty right now but if they are going to be a nuisance I would prefer to deal with them now. We had a problem with ragweed last year and maybe this is that??
Thanks!!
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Apr 7, 2024 4:28 PM CST
Name: Cinda
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Looks like hairy bittercress
(cardamine hirsuta)
it is an annual weed , but my native bees like it
One of the first weed/flowers around here.
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Apr 7, 2024 5:07 PM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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agreed.
Cute now. Later, not so cute. Seeds pop and spray, and the whole plant turns yellow and dies- to reappear next year.
If you can get them to grow fast and lush and big (relatively, haha, still very small) they have a broccoli like taste. But you'd have to be starving to really value eating them.
Plant it and they will come.
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Apr 8, 2024 3:43 AM CST
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Central NY, North of Syracuse
Thanks for your help. I will leave them now and see how the bees like them. They are very pretty but my worry is them taking over the entire area Crossing Fingers!
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Apr 8, 2024 4:43 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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The bitter cress will drop seeds. Seeds will sprout next fall/winter. So to limit these, you can pull plants, or get other plants to fill in more, or use mulch.
Plant it and they will come.
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Apr 8, 2024 8:40 AM CST
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Central NY, North of Syracuse
We are going to pull them. I prefer to get them now instead of three times the amount later
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