Creeping bellflower has been popping up around Inglewood yards. While it looks pretty, it is an aggressive invader in natural plant communities. It can survive droughts and survive in a wide range of light conditions. This plant’s thick creeping roots can travel under fences, lawns and concrete, making it very difficult to control. This plant is also resistant to many chemicals.
Each plant can produce 3000 seeds and can quickly plague entire blocks and neighbourhoods.
To control the spread, it is essential to manually remove the entire root, up to a foot down as soon as the plants are spotted. You can be fined by the City between $250 to $1000 if found in your yard. Please share this information with your neighbors and help control this infestation!
Visit these links for more information:
https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/pests/creeping-bellflower.aspx
I too have been battling with this very difficult to eradicate weed for the last 12 years and I’d like to inform folks that I finally perfected a method (about 5-6 years ago) that eradicates these plants COMPLETELY! In the last 5 years I have noted that the plants do not come back – they are stone dead and are no longer a problem.
The method takes only seconds per plant and I have successfully eliminated this plant from lawns, flower beds and even in very close proximity to prized ornamentals. There are no more creeping bellflower plants in my immediate neighborhood and I am now currently looking for more places to prove my claim. NO MORE DIGGING!
So if you know of any people who want to get rid of this plant, please have them contact me.