Ivy
Happy Birthday, Betsy!
Beware your ivy may turn into a nightmare! I have every stage of ivy and
would love to remove it all! At the mature stage is beautiful, but I have
ivy coming up in the lawn, popping up in garden beds where the birds have
planted it, and even growing in knot holes of trees! What a pest! The
birds love to nest in the mature plants that drape the trunks of trees They
also must love the berries! The mature plants flower and SEED! Here are some
photos and other information:
http://www.fosc.org/EnglishIvy.htm
Chris
Long Island, NY
Zone 7a (Average min temp 50 - 00)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Betsy Kelson
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:19 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] interesting sqample
HI Everyone!!
I've been lurking for way too long. 1857 messages that go back to when
time began.
Tomorrow is my birthday and a customer at the garden center brought me a
treat. An adult form of Hedera helix that was growing at his son-in-laws
house. Very cool. I had no idea what I was looking at when he brought it
into the shop. Lustrous green leaves with a little variegation, reputed to
be evergreen by the customer. The sample had an inflorence of about 5
clusters of dead flowers that bloomed white. I found a great picture in
Dirr's picture book of trees and shrubs and a drawing of both forms in the
monster Dirr book.
Had to share because I have never seen one...only heard about it in lectures
in college..
Betsy
Evergreen, CO
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