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Re: If you look, be prepared to see

The website of Weston Gardens is  www.westonnurseries.com. Wayne Mezitt, the President, is also president of the American
Nursery and Landscape Association. Click on "Invasive Plants in MA" for his statement about what his company and others are  trying to do about invasives.
 
Fran
 
 
 
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 12:26:07 EST ApisMNO@aol.com writes:
> Andrew,  I am amazed that a retail g.c. operator would think his
> customers
> were so unaware that lythrum is taking over wherever it isn't
> sprayed with
> glyphosate.  I've seen it in very well drained sites near huge
> colonies in
> wetlands.  Here north of Boston (about 8-10 miles as the pigeon
> flies) we
> have some soggy spots including a couple of glacial kettle holes
> that are
> gradually accumulating sediment.  Those famous beetles were released
> in
> spring 2000.  They were not checked on in 2001, but the habitat was
> still
> there, the summer of 2002 was so dry that the lythrum in the soggy
> spots and
> the few fish were severely impacted.  I think the lythrum will
> recover soon,
> because we've had so much water since the equinox.  I'm in doubt
> about the
> fish and other vertebrates.  EVERY highway ditch in eastern
> Massachusetts has
> a good population of lythrum.  I guess the total weight of lythrum
> is one
> hundred times greater than dandelions in Massachusetts. 
>
> However, I have seen "craftspeople" who wanted some Celastrus for
> decorations.  We also have a serious problem with Euonymus alatus
> and every
> g.c. around sells it.  There is one nursery leading the way in
> dealing with
> problem plants.  Weston Nurseries of Hopkinton.  Wayne Mezitt and
> the owners
> of other production facilities have been part of efforts to decide
> what is
> invasive and what is not.  I'll get the website for those efforts in
> a couple
> of days.
>
> Please don't give up trying to inform people.  There are enough
> columns that
> entertain and advertise without telling readers some really
> important stuff.
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Fran Gustman
Editor, HortResources Newsletter
Future Editor, Wild Ones Journal
Boston, MA
fgustman@juno.com
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