Does anyone know which is the least offensive weedkiller that gets rid of wild violets? I've been trying the organic method of digging them for weeks but they've had an incredible population explosion. Even the seedlings have very tough anchoring as the roots fork very quickly.
I've tried digging them out, but they're pretty much taking over my front garden and I spent hours with a miniature trowel (all of an inch across!) getting hundreds out the other week. That was the rock garden area. They're all over the shrub beds too, and I am now getting a bit desperate as I can't actually fit under the shrubs to get at them! That and if I dig where they are, I'll probably damage the snowdrops.
Leaving them's not an option. They're choking all my alpines and the double snowdrop area.
moonbells (hate to consider non-organic solutions, but these things are beyond a joke)