What not to plant on your allotment?

[Patsy]

Any one else planted things they wished they hadn't or having a problem with a weed on their plot? Mine are a thornless blackberry that keeps popping up all over the place, blackthorn which nips about and also pops up surprisingly far apart, and a golden hop I rashly planted and found its roots were like hawsers and seemed to move across the ground at speed of light. I also planted a phygelius that I was given, very pretty, but has taken over nearly all of a flower section. These things obviously love clay soil! Wouldn't it be nice if veggies and fruit did so well?

[Scarlet]

For me it is lemon balm, it took over a bed in my herby patch in the garden and then I used some of the soil in one of my raised beds in my veg plot and it took over in there too, I love the smell but I'm forever pulling the stuff out.

[Alison]

Only the odd thing I've not liked the taste of, other than that am enjoying the experimentation and on a full sized plot there is plenty of room for stuff to spread without it being the problem it would be in my small garden. The mint has gone mad but that just means I hack it back and have loads to use. Likewise the raspberries make a constant bid for freedom so I just have to be brutal and round them up again

[Thelma Sanders]

Magenta spreen! It looks lovely, tastes ok but nothing special.......................seeds like crazy if you forget a plant

[Bren In Pots]

Mine was scorzonera it was in the ground a long time and took up space that could have been used for something else.

[Scarlet]

Magenta spreen! It looks lovely, tastes ok but nothing special.......................seeds like crazy if you forget a plant

Mexican tree spinach! Oh, I love the stuff and I spread the seeds at the back of my flower borders, birds go mad for the seed heads in winter ....

[Bohobumble]

Mine was scorzonera it was in the ground a long time and took up space that could have been used for something else.

I'm setting up a semi-wildlife/cottage garden area at one end of my plot to be pretty, productive and attract beneficial wildlife, I've bought seeds to grow this stuff as I am intrigued to try it. It's not a section of the garden I want to be digging up all the while tho so I don;t mind if it takes a while to crop.

For me it is lemon balm, it took over a bed in my herby patch in the garden and then I used some of the soil in one of my raised beds in my veg plot and it took over in there too, I love the smell but I'm forever pulling the stuff out.

Love this stuff! I grew it when I was a kid, admittedly in pots, perhaps this is the way to go in my planned herb area.

[Guest]

an array of nettles, couch grass, ground elder and bind weed.....opps I didn't plant that, I just grow it really well