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I just got around to taking a pic of this weed growing in our driveway in full sun--haven't seen it anywhere else. Is this creeping charlie? The flowers are a very pale pink, and there are little round, green, ribbed pods on it.
This may sound silly, but I'm thinking of putting him in a hanging basket--he is an interesting plant, weed or not...lol Do you think it would work? Would cuttings root, or should I just chance digging out the roots?
Yes, that's what you have Renee...and it would be pretty hanging from a basket but it gets no height at all, it is a creeper and would only hang down. along the ridges of its stem, there will be little hairy tentacles and from them the roots will take. You should find them at every joint, and where they are, they will root when touching soil.
So yes to all your questions, except for the cuttings, and i don't know about them. There is another called Creeping Jenny that is a prettier plant and that i have often put in community pots, and it is invasive also much like Creeping Charlie. At any rate, being the plant lover that I am, i'd say go for putting him in a pot...it might be fun to see what he would do without ground to overtake.
But heed my warnings, my dear...he might invade your space!!
And promise you will send photos when you see what happens!
I think so, KY...I need to get out and get a photo of mine, and yes, I have it too. Seems that its leaves are more glossy though. Maybe not. I'll take another look.
Anyway, I'll try to get a photo tonight and show you, don't let me forget.
Hmm...have you done any articles on incorporating native plants (aka 'weeds' or 'wildflowers') in your gardens, containers included? That might be fun!
Thanks, Shar!
OK, here you go, I think I have both of them in this photo.
Creeping Jenny is on the left, it has rounded smooth edged leaves, and the end of the creeper has a little rosette forming from the new leaf growth.
Creeping Charlie has the scalloped edges, and is to the lower right, more in the sunlight...
See??
The one I have has soft and kinda fuzzy leaves and stems. Yours and the others in PlantFiles don't seem to. I'll have to do more research. Thanks so much, I appreciate your help!
KyWoods, ours here in Delaware have fuzzy leaves also, and they are closer together on stem than the ones in the pix. They smell good when crushed. They have very shallow tentacles/roots, and it is very easy to pull them up when in slightly damp/wet soil; kind of fun actually. (We have clay here, so it helps to use a claw tool). It is so rewarding to clear garden space so fast! They do grow quickly, but it's so easy to pull them when the soil is damp or wet, and they do crowd out lesser weeds. When they tangle amongst other plants, I pull what I can see, and the tenticles pull out the tangled parts. I let them go in places where nothing else will grow. I find they are the only plant that grows UNDER my "weed proof" landscape fabric. They seem to like it better there than on top (it's dark)! That's where they put out their tenticles with great haste.
I just have to pull them in the areas they are unwelcome. Don't think I could, in this lifetime, eradicate them.
LOL Oh, by the way, I accidentally killed poor Charlie. I shouldn't have put the cuttings in the sun. Ahh, well, there's always next year, as I'm sure he'll be back!
