lythrum

**fran gustman f*@juno.com**

I have been told that the variety of Lythrum offered in garden centers
was SELF-sterile. However, it has been proven that it would cross with
the species!

Fran

On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 17:25:46 -0500 "Carol Wallace, Ph.D."
<gardenwriter@mindspring.com> writes:
> 
> 
> Hamptongar@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >   But to this day, the thought of a garden center owner insisting 
> that 
> > Lythrum really isn't an invasive plant leaves me so, so 
> perplexed.
> >
> I think a lot of nursery owners aren't aware that the so-called 
> sterile 
> strains aren't really sterile and think they are offering a safe 
> alternative. I have evidence that it's not safe - there is a nursery 
> six 
> blocks from here that carried it, and not only have the seeds 
> somehow 
> blown across the highway and taken hold on the local creek, but they 
> 
> keep popping up in my backyard. I went straight to the township 
> commission - but all they did was dig out the stuff growing in the 
> nature preserve. Nothing was said to the nursery owner.
> 
> If he carries it again next season I will go to the newspaper.
> Carol
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Fran Gustman
Editor, HortResources Newsletter
Future Editor, Wild Ones Journal
Boston, MA
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