Re: Buddleja

**f*@aol.com**

Thanks, Carol. I've seen the plant self-sow alarmingly in the Carolinas, never here in SE PA. Not saying it can't happen, just that we haven't experienced it, despite growing many thousands of plants of well over a dozen varieties for many years. But then, we're a propagator, so we don't let stuff flower much except in the trial garden. And the plants I see at friends' homes, dead-headed or not, are not surrounded by offspring.
University research also indicates that in very favorable conditions, i.e., mild climate, adequate moisture, yada yada, carelessly-discarded cuttings can root in gravel
JF.

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Bradford <cbradfo1@twcny.rr.com>
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:32 am
Subject: Re: [GWL] Buddleja

I'm not in the PNW, but I have seen Buddleja as an invasive in  
Normandy, in France, and can vouch for its truly thuggish behavior  
when it seeds in to every crack in the pavement.  I can see that it  
would be a concern in similar climates.  It seeds only rarely here in  
Central NY, but as the climate warms that may change.  It does seed in  
PA.
Pending legislation would be part of a larger package, not Buddleja  
alone, and should be on a docket somewhere.  The state nursery/ 
landscape associations are invariably involved in these sorts of  
negotiations. There's a short list of commercially available invasive  
plants.  CA has taken a lead in working to shift nurseries and  
homeowners away from them.

Carol Bradford
former board secretary Invasive Plant Council of NYS and current  
member interim steering committee NY-Finger Lakes Program for Invasive  
Species Management

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