Re: invasives
Sounds very interesting. I wonder if it is available in Audio?
;+)
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Hodges" <andreah@hargray.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] invasives
Daryl-have you read "A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines" by Yvonne Baskins?
It's one of my assigned readings for my oral defense. LONG book but
interesting so far. I had no idea that pretty much very little in most
countries is a true native for centuries past.
A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lonicera fragrantissima
A common misconception is that invasive plants are only invasive in an
area immediately surrounding them. This is rarely the case. Nandina and
Mahonia and Callery Pears are popping up all through the woodlands of
Georgia, and even plague my landscape. They're all escapees from landscape
plantings.
Many people think of Kudzu as being the premier invasive. It's not nearly
as bad as those plants that have berries or seeds that the birds eat
spread like a metastatic cancer.
Some plants do both, of course -think of Japanese Honeysuckle and Privet
and Oriental Bittersweet.
We don't always see where they're going, since many of them need
disturbed soil in which to take root, and that soil may be many miles
away. Some need the moisture provided near creeks, and often pop up
along streams in the woods, far from where we see them. Others may be
held in check by local climate conditions, but take over when spread to
other areas.
d (Member of the Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council and instructor on
Invasives and Their Control).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zemuly@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lonicera fragrantissima
Apparently that's not happening here. The plant I got mine from is
ancient and only has suckers as far as the branches extend, which is
about 10-12 feet. Sometimes I think the plant police get a little
hysterical. I've never heard of it being considered a pest in this part
of the state.
zem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lonicera fragrantissima
You should know that this plant is considered a pest in many parts of
the country, including Tennessee. I've never seen a berry on mine, but
I've kept an eye out.
d
U.S. Weed Information:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton
January jasmine
sweet breath-of-spring
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative
sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common
names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an
acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
SEEPPC Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive
exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee
of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
d
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