Re: Perennial Mistakes

**C* B* <c*@twcny.rr.com>**

I have no problems with E. polychroma. A nice mound and no seeds. E.  
dulcis 'Chameleon' is a horrible weed. Seeds all over. So does bronze  
fennel. Malodorous Houttuynia 'Chameleon' reverts to plain green and  
spreads by what are (I assume) rhizomes and takes over square yards of  
space where it's not wanted. Lysimachia clethroides, Centaurea  
montana, Artemisia vulgaris 'Oriental Limelight,' Petasites,   
Campanula rapunculoides...I could go on and on. And what about  
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm?' I have donated so many plants of that to public  
gardens. Acres of them.
My readers complain about goutweed, lily-of-the-valley, sweet woodruff  
and Corydalis lutea. I have no use for goutweed but don't mind the  
others.
Those are some of the thugs. I have another long list of perennials  
with feeble constitutions that have been widely touted but just didn't  
work for me. Or that are consumed by fungus or slugs or plant bugs  
before they bloom.
Carol Bradford
Syracuse, NY

>
>
> I'm sure we have all planted a perennial or two that, for various
> reasons,  we would never, ever plant again.
>
> I'm interested in your insights regarding such plants.  What was the
> plant? What attracted you to it in the first place?  Then, what made  
> you
> dislike it?  And what would you plant instead?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Betty Earl
>
>>
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