Some flowers just don't make as many seeds as a dandelion does.
One dandelion can produce ten seed heads with more than 50 seeds on each head. One blue flax plant produces less than 50 seeds total. Guess which one wins!
The dandelion doesn't even belong in the midwest. It was imported from Europe to nourish imported honeybees, which had also just been introduced. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Dandelion.html
The name comes from "dent de lion," or lion's tooth, referring to the jagged leaves.
Other names for the plant are "piss-a-bed" (based on its diuretic properties) and "dog piss" because it grows at the sides of roads or lanes, according to Wikipedia.
Whether it's dog piss or lion's teeth to you, fight back. Remove it so native species can grow around your cabin in the mountains.
I invited BackCountry Vegetation Management to spray my property in June, as they do every year.
That was after I filled 6 black plastic yard bags of the seed heads and plants I had pulled up from both my property and my grandparents' cabin.
Strike 3 is the herbicide BackCountry VM uses. To find out more about it or place an order, see http://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/strike-3-herbicide
Or call BackCountry at 970-327-4179. They'll spray for you at a cost of $100 per hour plus the Strike 3.
One dandelion can produce ten seed heads with more than 50 seeds on each head. One blue flax plant produces less than 50 seeds total. Guess which one wins!
The dandelion doesn't even belong in the midwest. It was imported from Europe to nourish imported honeybees, which had also just been introduced. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Dandelion.html
The name comes from "dent de lion," or lion's tooth, referring to the jagged leaves.
Other names for the plant are "piss-a-bed" (based on its diuretic properties) and "dog piss" because it grows at the sides of roads or lanes, according to Wikipedia.
Whether it's dog piss or lion's teeth to you, fight back. Remove it so native species can grow around your cabin in the mountains.
I invited BackCountry Vegetation Management to spray my property in June, as they do every year.
That was after I filled 6 black plastic yard bags of the seed heads and plants I had pulled up from both my property and my grandparents' cabin.
Strike 3 is the herbicide BackCountry VM uses. To find out more about it or place an order, see http://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/strike-3-herbicide
Or call BackCountry at 970-327-4179. They'll spray for you at a cost of $100 per hour plus the Strike 3.
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