I started a garden spot with organic soil that I purchased. I am assuming that the seeds for this horribly invasive plant were in the soil. It is the 3rd year now, and no matter how much I weed it out, it comes back with a vengeance! Can you please help me identify this plant? It is moving from the garden plot to the grass as well .. and is chocking out everything! Thanks for your help.
Could it be this weed? https://www.uwgb.edu/Biodiversity/herbarium/invasive_species/elaumb01.htm You could look through the list: https://www.uwgb.edu/Biodiversity/herbarium/invasive_species/invasive_plants01.htm Bind weed was our headache or was where I lived before. Good Luck!!
Looks more akin to Campanula rapunculoides or creeping bellflower, which is a major pain to remove (as you note). Pretty flowers, but an extremely aggressive spreader.
Yes, it is C. rapunculoides, which is a problem in my garden as well. The reason that it is hard to eradicate is not due to seeds; I never let them even flower, much less form seeds. The real problem is the tubers that stay deep underground when you try to pull the plants out. You have to dig down to see them; they are connected to the above ground plant by a thin stalk that breaks easily. You can pull the plants out all you want, but that has little effect on future growth. To get rid of them, you will have to dig out all of the tubers, which are shaped like taproots.
